What is love, and how can we learn to love one another more perfectly?
Humans are imperfect, therefore human love is imperfect.
Human love is all too often tainted, by arrogance, envy, resentments, thoughtlessness, hidden agendas, and sometimes just plain selfishness. Is love still real, with all those things getting in the way? How do we clear all those things away, and what exactly will we find when, and if, we do? What is love, at its essence?
I just remembered this quote, from Leo Buscaglia:
How do we keep our arms open? How do we keep our selfishness, and our insecurities, from taking over and causing us to grasp those we love too tightly? And what about when it’s time to let someone go?
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Love is best when we don't pry into each other's privacy and overly dependent on one another. Like how we cant see anything when we get too close, love too is best from a distance. Matriage ruins love is for this reason as one takes too much control over the other thwarting the existence itself.
In short love too is best like intercourse, where withdrawl is a must. Else it becomes harassment. Many things come labelled as love. What love is but a mutual understanding.
@in10RjFox I agree. I've been to many weddings, and one thing that strikes me is that usually, when the bride and groom light the unity candle, with their already lit candles, they usually blow out their own candles immediately afterward. I know this is only a symbolic act, but I think they should each keep their own candle lit, to show that even though they are starting a new life together, they aren't giving up their individual selves in the process.
