Love is a universal language.
Love is indeed a beautiful thing and somehow, it is the one thing the world is lacking at the moment. My definition of love is beyond intimacy or affection between two people, it is bigger than the bond that unites a family and it took me a lot of years before I understand why God gave it as a commandment.
He said, "love your neighbor as yourself" and if truly we gave room for love in our hearts, the world won't be in the damaged state it is at the moment.
Somehow, the only place where we feel like love should exist is when there is intimacy and it pisses me off because many people only use the passage of love to satisfy their dirty desires. Love is another feeling that seeks the happiness and well-being of the people we develop it for.
Love means caring, it means putting others into consideration. Love is selfless and doesn't seek perfection, it embraces imperfections to help it get better.
It doesn't discriminate nor does it hold grudges. Love is unity and it represents freedom. I don't think any of these things I have mentioned about love should be attributed to just the relationship between man and woman.
Restricting love to just relationships is why the world hasn't realized the true potential of that feeling and if we can extend the feeling out of the usual circle, a lot can be achieved. Someone once told me that only people who haven't found love always speak outside relationships when talking about love but that's not true, I have a happy relationship but I feel there is a need for more of that feeling to go outside our relationship.
We attach a lot of things to love and that's why we misunderstand it.
I have always had different perspectives about love and I can't take away how it makes two people feel crazy about one another.
The very first time I told my fiancee that my heart doesn't belong to her alone, she thought I was cheating on her. One of the good things about her is that she is a listener, she wanted to know more and I made her understand that there are a lot of people I care about in the world. It surprised her when I mentioned the names of people I haven't even met in reality and after a long discussion, she understood why I can't help but extend my love to them.
My journey through life was rough and surviving through all the challenges wouldn't have been possible without my family and many other people but I will be focusing more on my family because they are the first to have shown me the practical definition of love.
It is natural for love to exist between family members but it takes a different height of love for family members to make sacrifices for one another. I grew up in a family that places so much importance on each other well-being and that has become a legacy for us.
We made so many sacrifices for one another and they all did a lot, especially for me. My family almost became homeless while trying to support my education, my mom sold her things just to help me get clothes for my first job after completing my first program and they haven't stopped showing me this endless love.
I remembered the time when I had muscle issues and couldn't walk, I didn't let them hear anything because I didn't want to trouble them. I was living alone but we do see each other every 2-3 months.
The day my mom got to know, she arrived at my place around 11 pm despite not knowing where I stayed before and she didn't mind the danger she might face coming to that environment at such an hour. I couldn't get out of the room to greet her and she burst into tears when she saw me. From the point they knew to the time I recovered, I was never alone. They abandoned their lives just to focus on me and that has always been our thing.
Blood might be thicker than water but without love, it doesn't make a difference. We support one another in any way we can and our love has grown healthily and happily.
Like I said earlier, my journey through life has made me see beyond love being just a relationship thing. I have given the feeling to others in great quantity and also got it back in abundance.
I have gotten hurt for pouring out love and, it never stopped me from doing so over and over again. I have been hurt by people and not love but love helped me heal again.
In summary, I have realized that love is the strongest feeling and it means life.
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Love is indeed a beautiful thing. I'm happy your fiancee is a Listener and therefore listened and understood you. Love is support and care. Thanks for sharing.💗
Love is indeed support and care. As you mentioned in your article, it isn't just about saying the word "LOVE", it is about showing the act.
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This is beautiful, George. Love knows no bounds indeed. Your experiences had taught you so well and that you are pouring your heart out to share it with others, that to me is a form of love :) Bless your mom for being the wonderful woman she is and so as your fiancee for being so understanding.
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You are right, love should be boundless. God has defined the meaning of love for us and that was why he gave us his one begotten son.
To love means to be selfless and make sacrifices.
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Indeed love has no boundaries. When we talk about love, some people believe it's only two people in love but just as you made your fiancee understand it more, so it is. God bless your mum, her love is undiluted and to your entire family...they are lovable being.
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I say a big amen to your prayers and it's true that love doesn't have to be about lovers alone. Making it a lover's thing made many people misinterpret love and that's why we are struggling with many things in the world today.
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You are right my dear
This is amazing George, a lot of time I just wish a lot of people see love just the way you describe it, this world will be so beautiful.
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The world would have been better if we all think of love as a feeling that we can share with anyone instead of just keeping it for intimacy or relationship.
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I agree with your definition of !luv
It is so wonderful that your family is a great example for you as not all families are willing to go the extra mile for their loved ones. Your fiancee must be really proud of you, as you demonstrate that love is not only in intimate relationships but that love comes in different forms.
Great to hear that you are healed as well.
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Love truly doesn't have to do about intimacy only, some people believe that love is the reason why they have sex which is wrong because sex can be gotten from someone you don't even have a feel for.
Love is beyond intimacy and I have told people many times that if we truly love ourselves in this world we live in, the world would have been a better place than it is. I am glad my family taught me the real and practical definition of love.
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You state every thing very well. You have a great family.
Without love, our actions doesn't matter much. Your mom cares a lot for sure as she hurriedly went to the scene man. What I learned on your post is never give up on love we may be hurt or we may hurt others in the process but without love there's no reconciliation.
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That's right, there won't be reconciliation without love.
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I can understand you when you said
i found love outside my relationship from lovely friends and wonderful collegue. Helping and sharing to put a smile on our faces. love is truly the strongest feeling and it means life.
thanks for sharing
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Love is everywhere and we only make a huge mistake by thinking that love only exists in relationships, thanks for the beautiful comment.
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Thank you
Hey George, I found this post again today via #dreemport
Good morning 👍
Love is beyond relationships and so many people think when we are talking about love, something else is attached to it. This is why we go wrong many times in the world. Love is universal and one thing we should always remember is what God has commanded us to do. He said to love your neighbour as yourself. He didn´t say you should love your spouse or partner alone. Love should be extended outside relationship too because that is what makes a great world. It is not until we are into a relationship before we can love one another. There are many ways to show love to people.
I popped in through #dreemport
Love is not just for lovers I guess because the Bible has said it all that we should love our neighbors as ourselves which means loving everyone around us is a very good thing to do
And helping one another means we love each other as well
Hmm, it is amazing the way you have illustrated the significance and importance of love but recently the concept of love and it's value has diminished because love of this present generation is transactional, purposeful and full of lust and desires.
I just hope everyone get to see love the way you have described it.
It is an enlightening post you have shared, keep up the good work 🤗🤗
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Good on you George, we are what we attract. Your mother is a wonderful person as is your fiancee for being so understanding!
Popped in from dreemport tonight!