Monday, October 3, 2011

Love : is it really?

On the personal front, last few days have been extremely tough & emotionally taxing. There were emotional upheavals, sudden outburst, cat fights, name calling, taunting, scheming, conspiracy, bitching and every other stuff which defines Ekta kapoor league saas bahu serials and all these in the name of the most overused and underrated word "Love"

It made me ponder over 2 things: 
  • What "Love" really means ? 
  • What people really mean when they say that they love someone i.e son, daughter, mother, father, brother, sister, husband, wife, boyfriend/girlfriend?
We hear and speak about love in your daily life without giving a  serious thought about what it really means.
Insecurity, jealously, anger, possessiveness and every other negative emotion known to mankind seems to stem from a single most pure and powerful emotion called "Love". 

My last week's experience taught me what certainly  isn't love? It made me realise that God gives us certain experiences only to draw us closer & to strengthen our faith in him.  Praise the Lord!! - I have also realized that "Love" is much beyond mere mortals like us. Human beings can never truly & fully understand what it really means. We spend our entire life in our delusion of love deceiving ourselves and others with the only purpose of self interest.
St. Paul described the word "Love" very beautifully in 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 (Bible)
Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends.

Very high benchmark, isn't it? Can we now truly say that we love anyone in this world? Maybe our children closest - but can't say 100% sure for anyone?

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