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Thoughts on Love....... {1}
Rather than studying for my finals, I have recently dedicated my time to mulling over what it means to love someone. As I began pondering, a multitude of seemingly unanswerable questions bombarded my head; is it actually possible to love someone? Does love truly exist in today's shallow world? What is required of me to prove that love exists? What is even meant by 'love'? And finally, even if I come up with what seems, at least to me, to be a reasonable definition of love, would others be inclined to accept it? After comfronting these questions, I immediately wondered whether it was worth mulling any further. There are so many contradicting interpretations of love that attempting to objectively analyze it, much less define it, would be deemed foolish by most. If I plan on coming to acceptable, meaningful conclusions regarding love, then it is necessary that I coin a newfound approach to answer the preceding questions. Perhaps if I start from scratch--that is, if I completely eliminate my preconceived notions of love, I am then more likely to discern it's objective definition because no longer must I worry about being blinded by my inclinations. I must ensconce in my head that the objective definition of love does not necessarily include the fairy--tale, happy--go--lucky illustration of romance I am particularly found of. It is imperative that I set aside my emotions and judgment if I ever plan on arriving at truthful conclusions. After I manage to define love (if it is even possible), I will then analyze love extremely scrupulously. I will only take a step forward in my analysis if I am absolutely certain that I am heading in the right direction. I will prevent myself from presenting X analysis unless X is undoubtedly true. Of course, my analysis becomes meaningless if my definition of love is not accepted by my readers. I do not wish to outcast a reader's interpretation of love--so I will attempt to consolidate all definitions of love into one. ...............................to be continued
Rather than studying for my finals, I have recently dedicated my time to mulling over what it means to love someone. As I began pondering, a multitude of seemingly unanswerable questions bombarded my head; is it actually possible to love someone? Does love truly exist in today's shallow world? What is required of me to prove that love exists? What is even meant by 'love'? And finally, even if I come up with what seems, at least to me, to be a reasonable definition of love, would others be inclined to accept it? After comfronting these questions, I immediately wondered whether it was worth mulling any further. There are so many contradicting interpretations of love that attempting to objectively analyze it, much less define it, would be deemed foolish by most. If I plan on coming to acceptable, meaningful conclusions regarding love, then it is necessary that I coin a newfound approach to answer the preceding questions. Perhaps if I start from scratch--that is, if I completely eliminate my preconceived notions of love, I am then more likely to discern it's objective definition because no longer must I worry about being blinded by my inclinations. I must ensconce in my head that the objective definition of love does not necessarily include the fairy--tale, happy--go--lucky illustration of romance I am particularly found of. It is imperative that I set aside my emotions and judgment if I ever plan on arriving at truthful conclusions. After I manage to define love (if it is even possible), I will then analyze love extremely scrupulously. I will only take a step forward in my analysis if I am absolutely certain that I am heading in the right direction. I will prevent myself from presenting X analysis unless X is undoubtedly true. Of course, my analysis becomes meaningless if my definition of love is not accepted by my readers. I do not wish to outcast a reader's interpretation of love--so I will attempt to consolidate all definitions of love into one. ...............................to be continued
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