Hi everyone,
I have been thinking about emotions lately. Their depth, their intricacies, their flow. How they are much more powerful than logic, whether we admit to this or not. Then, I started thinking about the emotions that are especially more powerful than others, at least for me. Love is one of them. Love is probably a strong emotion for all humans. I am not only talking about romantic love. Love for all humans. Love for cats. Love for dogs.
Our life revolves around love. We always want to love someone or something. The aim of life is to find the right person or thing to form a love connection. It is the forming of a love connection that makes us the happiest and it is the loss of it that destroys us the most. Love can be conditional: we might want to feel safe and a loved one gives us safety. And safety is a very basic human need, so we fulfill that. But I like to think that love is not so conditional in general. It is just what governs other emotions. It is the king of emotions. This is because we can sacrifice a lot of things for a truly loved one, even our lives. And that is definitely not safe.
Love governs our individual emotional lives. By extension, love governs humanity.
What happens if we lose it? Big crimes happen. One can only torture someone else if s/he lost the love in himself/herself. Wars can be started only when love is consumed.
Hopefully, we do not want that. So, to keep our love going, let’s show our loved ones some emotion today. Give them some gifts. Talk to them. Take them for a walk or to a dinner. Give your child some time and play with him/her. If you have a pet, just pat them a little. Revive the love in you. Love is the shield against bad emotions. Let’s keep it going.
This is such a sweet post! ❤️
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Thank you:)❤️
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Though apparently simple read but the thought is deep. The last paragraph highlights something that is completely missing from our lives.
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Thank you! That means a lot!
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Well said … thank you for the reminder. It’s all too easy to get caught up in what’s going on in the world … the strife, negativity and bad vibes. I’m in 100% agreement with you!
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I am glad it related to you! Yes, it is easy to get caught in all the negativity. Let’s take our shield against it!
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Enjoyed reading!!!!
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Thank you!😊
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I love this gentle reminder of why we are here on Planet Earth. Thank you, with love!
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Thank you!😊
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Sometimes we mistake other things as love too. I like this post very much.
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Thank you for the nice comment! Other things such as?
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Codependence, need, fear of loneliness, those sort of things.
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Yes, you are right. It is important to understand what love really is
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Yes Betul, Love is the strongest emotion and the most basic or primordial. Love is all there is. Love and hugs 🤗 from a Greyhound bus on my way to Washington DC 😊
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Safe travels! With love!
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😊🤗
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Great post – I really appreciated this reminder – thank you!
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I am glad! Thank you!
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I relate so much to what you wrote that it almost baffles me! Loved the post!
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So happy to hear that!
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I’m reminded of the old saying that goes back to the anti-Vietnam war era: “Make love, not war.”
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True that!
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This is gorgeous! I love this to bits, it’s so important to understand what love is. I really appreciate this ♥️
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Thank you so much for the nice comment!
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Wonderful post. Love is the dominant quality of God. He created us with that ability but it’s up to us to cultivate it. Love is what defines a Christian’s life. 1st peter 4:8. http://www.jw.org
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Unfortunately not all people live this way so we see the wars and unloving personalities.
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Unfortunately:(
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Thank you a lot for sharing this!
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You’re welcome 🙂
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Great Post. I wish everyone would believe that Love conquers all and makes you a better you everytime.
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Exactly!
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This is a lovely post thank you for sharing. I tend to think that “we love because he first loved us” 1 John 4:19. I’d like to thank God for loving us when there was no deserved reason, so that we may In turn love others as you so wonderfully said in your post
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Thank you for sharing this! Love is a gift given to us by God and it is what everything operates on.
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True true true ! Thanks for sharing such open eyes post❤❤
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Thank you for taking your time to read it😊
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Really enjoyed this post! Thank you for sharing. It’s often said “Love endure all things , love never fails”. What a accurate statement. Thank you for sharing ❤️
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Thank you for reading and commenting!:)
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This is a great reminder. Thanks for sharing
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Thank you for reading!
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Thats great..to love someone is to sacrifice.
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It is!
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This is amazing thanks for sharing .
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Thank you!
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your welcome dear
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This is great. I truly do believe that love is the kingdom to all other emotions as well!
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Exactly!
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https://www.jw.org/en/library/magazines/watchtower-simplified-august-2017/fruitage-of-the-spirit-love/#?insight%5Bsearch_id%5D=22b134ed-c916-4ee1-b1fb-d4013c9be84f&insight%5Bsearch_result_index%5D=27
Just another article about love. Enjoy.
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Thank you for sharing!
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Very rewarding’ love is a passion and a passion is a gift through love .
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Well-said!
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wow great post i just loved it
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Thank you!
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I love your post. I especially loved “It is the forming of a love connection that makes us the happiest and it is the lost of it that destroys us the most” . Wow that is a powerful statement and so true. You are also so right when you say the love is the king of emotions. That is in harmony with Jesus two commandments on which the whole law hangs. The first is ” You must love God with your whole heart and with your whole soul and with your whole mind. The second like it is this: You must love your neighbor as yourself. “,Matthew 22:37,38. Like you mentioned if everyone followed this command there would be no crime or violence.
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Thanks for sharing! Indeed, if we were able to make love the center of our relationships with everyone around us, we would shy away from hurting anyone and there would be no crime.
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Great post. Agree. Love is everything. I wrote an article on my website a while ago titled ‘8 flavors of love – Which one are you?’- https://authorjoannereed.net/lets-talk-about-love-8-flavors-of-love/ – Feel free to check it out!
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It is a really nice categorization! I don’t know which one I am, though:) Thank you for sharing your thoughts and post!
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Love is the king of emotions. I totally agree. And we all could need more of it. But we have to first give to receive. At least in most cases because most of the time people fear to show love or give love. It could get destroyed. And in the end we are all robots. So we have to spread some love (true love).
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Yes! If you show love, people tend to show love to you as well. We need to share it so it becomes our basic method of communication.
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