Where does happiness comes from? - Society Forum

New User Joined: Jan 11, 2004 Posts: 2

Hey, I'm new here.

I swear, my high school is the #1 place to see the entire country in just one building....seen over only 1,000 people.

Do you ever notice that some teens think theyre "in love" when its anything BUT that? It kinda makes me mad. Evil or Very Mad

It just seems like theres a bunch of people who are losing touch of reality and "the real world" if you will. In other words, they dont really know anything about life, and I'm willing to argue the fact that they could survive on their own.
Or maybe I'm just rambling.

Anyway, about LOVE, the big word.....what are your thoughts on it? Is it just a word to you? Or do you think it really IS "something"? In other words, what are some of your experiences that make you believe that love isnt just a cheap way to sell chocolate and roses on February 14th?

Newbie Joined: Dec 23, 2003 Posts: 3

Love is not simply an emotion. Love is a behavior; if you feel strongly for someone, or care deeply for them, but do not show it with compassion, self-sacrifice, etc., what's the use? To me, love is not dead. It's pretty **** (I don't know this site's policy on profanity yet); half of American marriages end in divorce, much of the rest are torture for both involved. And the Bush administration will not recognize that a man can love a man as he can love a woman, or a woman can love a woman as women have "traditionally" loved men. But it exists here and there. And love for family and friends is never "just a word". 1 Corinthians 13 - one of the places in the Epistles where I agree wholeheartedly with Paul.

BTW... the teenage concept of love has been polluted and distorted by MTV and reality television. Like almost everything else. (The apocalypse is coming! Let's blame MTV!)

Novice Joined: Nov 04, 2004 Posts: 5

Yes. The teenage notion is very outward and superficial, but this is seldom grounded in the inward foundations of true love. Commitment is about when things go WRONG, not about how 'nice' and lovey things are. It's about the OTHER person, not so much yourself. I always feel the notion of independence in a relationship is a contradiction in itself.

Novice Joined: Nov 04, 2004 Posts: 9

Love is just a reaction of the brain to certain drugs like trimethylamine and so forth... But it certainly is a nice feeling! Also a nescessary process to ensure the continuing of the linage, and a nice way to spend a weekend. You can have much fun with the right drugs at the right time Shocked

Apprentice Joined: Nov 16, 2004 Posts: 10

I've always thought of love as being in any of four areas: Love of family (parents, siblings, spouses, children), love of friends (male/female, human/animal (pet)), love of God (or any other religion), and love of others (strangers, acquaintences, etc)

But, I see a common ground for all those types of love. Self-sacrificing, even in the smallest ways, without the need or want of any sacrifice in return.

Sure, we want to be loved, but to LOVE someone is to give to that someone without needing anything in return. I have known several people who have given of themselves to others, but never expected anything in return. That is some version of love.

If everyone LOVED someone else, then eventually, the love that you give would be returned to you in some fashion. (Oooof! That was New Age).

--When all else fails, try researching

Rising Star Joined: Dec 24, 2004 Posts: 24

“Love is not simply an emotion. Love is a behavior” (SpoonlessWonder)
I agree with SpoonlessWonder on the classification of love as a behavior as well as an emotion. However, what I found interesting in all the replies was the treatment of LOVE as an object of lust, instead of a feeling of purity.
In addition, I would like to mention here that, love is not a one dimensional feeling; it’s a bundle of feelings rolled into one, its selflessness, its compassion, and caring and to top it all, it’s about giving rather than taking. The Westernized notion of love doesn’t tally with the Eastern version of it; maybe this is the reason for the alarming rate of divorces in the West? Rolling Eyes

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