32 Names in Eskimo...So, Where Did We Go Wrong?
So, I've been thinking. Sometimes that happens. And when it does random topics whirl through my mind like mini cyclones, and sometimes in order to make sense of these thoughts I will write them down. In the chaos and the tumult that is my mind, the ability to stop time by capturing those thoughts and depositing them on a page is invaluable to me, and so, here we are.
The word "love" gets thrown around so much on a day-to-day basis, it's a wonder the letters haven't broken off and gotten lost forever. Or--have they? How often do you say you "love" something as silly as a pair of shoes or an ice cream flavor?
I have many favorite novels and one of those is The Secret Life of Bees. It was remade into a movie with Queen Latifah. Meh. Anyway, set in the 60's at the start of the Civil Rights Movement, there is this matriarchal character in the story named August (think of the vocab word). She is one of the so-named Calendar sisters in the book (the others are named May and June and there was once an April). August takes in a 14-year old runaway, the main character in the story, and her name is Lily. Like most storylines of the ilk, August is wise and weary and capable of great one-liners. And this is one of them:
On page 140, August tells Lily,"We are so limited, you have to use the same word for loving Rosaleen as you do for loving Coke with peanuts. Isn't that a shame we don't have more ways to say it?"
The first time I read that line (Summer of 2005) I pondered it for hours afterward, desperate to find another word to replace the one that should remain sacred. And came up with....exactly nothing. It has never been far from my thoughts since then.
So, your challenge for this week, poppets, is to dig deep inside yourself and think about what it is that you really love. In order to do that, I think it would be beneficial to start out with a working definition of what love is. How would you define it? What characteristics would be a good representation of it? And then, at long last, ask yourself..."What do I love?"
Does putting a classification on things you have previously said you "loved" change your perspective on what the meaning of love should be?
Oh, and for those of you wondering, "what's with the title of this blog, Bunj"--the Eskimo language has 32 words for denotative love. 32?!!!!!
The word "love" gets thrown around so much on a day-to-day basis, it's a wonder the letters haven't broken off and gotten lost forever. Or--have they? How often do you say you "love" something as silly as a pair of shoes or an ice cream flavor?
I have many favorite novels and one of those is The Secret Life of Bees. It was remade into a movie with Queen Latifah. Meh. Anyway, set in the 60's at the start of the Civil Rights Movement, there is this matriarchal character in the story named August (think of the vocab word). She is one of the so-named Calendar sisters in the book (the others are named May and June and there was once an April). August takes in a 14-year old runaway, the main character in the story, and her name is Lily. Like most storylines of the ilk, August is wise and weary and capable of great one-liners. And this is one of them:
On page 140, August tells Lily,"We are so limited, you have to use the same word for loving Rosaleen as you do for loving Coke with peanuts. Isn't that a shame we don't have more ways to say it?"
The first time I read that line (Summer of 2005) I pondered it for hours afterward, desperate to find another word to replace the one that should remain sacred. And came up with....exactly nothing. It has never been far from my thoughts since then.
So, your challenge for this week, poppets, is to dig deep inside yourself and think about what it is that you really love. In order to do that, I think it would be beneficial to start out with a working definition of what love is. How would you define it? What characteristics would be a good representation of it? And then, at long last, ask yourself..."What do I love?"
Does putting a classification on things you have previously said you "loved" change your perspective on what the meaning of love should be?
Oh, and for those of you wondering, "what's with the title of this blog, Bunj"--the Eskimo language has 32 words for denotative love. 32?!!!!!
ReplyDeleteMy own definition of love. To me love is something or someone I cherish and hold dearly. Yeah, I’m also a culprit of throwing the word around sometimes. However I know when I REALLY mean it.
I love my family, my hedgehog Blaze and my closest and best friend Marah. She lives in Texas so only one person knows her, because she came over the summer of 2017. Okay, okay... you’re probably thinking now, “what about all of your other friends Alex?”
I love them too. But is it on the same level as them? Not even close. Like Nick Jonas says in his one song “there’s levels to your love.” It’s the same with me. If I had a name for every level that would be dandy, but I don’t.
This is how I can put it: In Spanish we have “Te amo” y “Te quiero.” Both mean the exact same thing but they are on different levels. “Te amo” is something that you would say to your spouse, your hubby, maybe your family depending on the person. And “Te quiero” is something that you say to your friends. The people that I mentioned I would consider them as on the levels of “te amo.” And to everyone else i would just say “te quiero.”
Some people would consider this rude but that’s not my intention. I personally just don’t click with a lot of people. It’s easy for me to make surface friends, but I don’t tell a lot of people about my internal problems and stuff. Over the years I’ve just put up walls so no one gets that close. Only one of my friends has been able to break them down, and thankfully I broke hers down too. Because without her I don’t know where I would be right now. She sort of saved me.
Blaze is also the biggest blessing EVERR. Without him knowing it this grumpy little fella has gotten me through being depressed. And just being there for me. He knows when I’m sad, when it’s playtime and stuff. Hedgies sleep for about 18-23 hours a day so I always have to wake him up. He usually just wants to either cuddle or run around my room. I wanted to add a picture but it wouldnt let me :/
And material things, yeah they’re nice. My friends always ask me what I want for Christmas and stuff, every year, I tell them a letter. I just want a letter. Because I like to keep things with me, when they’re sentimental value to it. I think that’s what makes a gift a gift.
The term love is so broad and can mean a whole bunch of different meanings to completely different people. Each and every single one of us has a different meaning for the same word. Love to me is the idea of receiving and giving this warm feeling that you feel in your chest when you see something you truly care about. It is something that allows you to be so happy about and something that you can go to when you are in need.
ReplyDeleteWhat do I love? I’ve honestly asked myself this question so many times, yet I always have trouble finding the “correct” answer. I’ll start easy and then make my way up the list of the so called things that I love. Without a doubt, family always comes first. My super strong mother who carries the family on her shoulders. I love her endlessly and am so blessed to see her beautiful face everyday. My father. The person I can go to for anything. The person in the family that is so silly all the time and is yet still the coolest dad ever. My sister and my brother. My sidekicks. And last but not least my grandparents. My grandma and grandpa are the literal angels of my family. Next would be my friends. My beautiful best friend Kaitlyn and my one and only type friend Kaila. I love these two with all of my heart. My backbones. Life would just suck without them. And of course all my other friends who I associate with everyday, but it isn’t a love type of bond like these two. I think that is really it. I know I say I love the little things all the time, but when I sit down and actually think about it, they aren’t really that important to me. Friends and family comes first.
I think it does change the way how I view love, because the word is just so common. It is thrown around everyday like it has no deep meaning. I’ve constantly told people how much I love them, but yet it has no deep meaning. I guess it is a word that people say when they appreciate one another, but yet it has no gut meaning to it. Not saying that I don’t love them when I do say it, but rather the love is just a slight amount.
Okay, when reading this I first though "love is when you really like something," no I was wrong. Love is a million different things stuffed into one. A lot of people, especially in relationships, love the idea of love. They think that they love the other person right away. But, what you need to ask yourself is "Do I love the person and how they make me feel, or do I love the idea of love and the attention they give me?" Now at this point is where it gets complicated. To be in love with someone or something means that at some point in time when you are broken, will you still love the thing you have previously loved. In a relationship will you still love the person through all of the chaos, the things you both did wrong? Will you look past all the negatives and want a future with that person. That is when you love someone. When you have torn down all the walls you both put up and you love the person for who they are and how they make you feel.
ReplyDeleteI honestly don't love THAT much, there has only been a few things in my life that has stayed in my life and I know will stay for many years. First let me start off with My family. Yes, I know this is cliche but my family has been with me through ALL of my good and bad days. They have never given up on me. Even when I say I hate them and want them to leave me alone they still always help me through the rough patches of life. Another two things I love is my best friend and Boyfriend. I havent been with these two people very long but they have been with me through good days and bad and both has helped me a lot. They are honestly why I keep trying. The third thing I love is music. Music has been with me since I came out of the womb. I was always rocking out, dancing, singing everywhere I went. I used to play the saxophone and then I started singing. I think I will keep singing for fun, just maybe when I graduate I won't do choir anymore. But music will always be apart of me.
Love is a strong but meaningful word. And love is not something you should take for granted.
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ReplyDeleteIt isn’t a bad thing love is used in such a general way. To me, love is anything that gets you out of bed in the morning. That thing that gets me out of bed is my beautiful girlfriend Lyanni without her I would miss a lot more school. She is the reason I wake up at 6:30 just to go to a place that I hate, she’s the reason I work hard in everything I do because I want to impress her. She is something that I truly do love. Now obviously I have said, “I love….” to a plethora of other things and most of the time I mean that. Just because it’s not the main reason I get out of bed every morning doesn’t mean it isn’t one of them. If you know me I eat cookies constantly and I say I love them a lot this shouldn't take away from how much I love Lyanni or make my idea of love any less valid it’s just something else that I love. Obviously not to the same degree as Lyanni but cookies are definitely part of the reason I get up in the morning. For me, love is simple anything that makes you wanna get up in the morning and doesn’t feel like you have to do but instead you do it because you want to is love.
ReplyDeleteAhhhhh the word that can be used so differently yet mean the same in every form used. It can be cheesy and exaggerated or maybe my look on it as cheese is beautiful and heartwarming to you. It can go so many ways. But it all comes down to how you portray love.
ReplyDeleteLove is freedom. To love and not have any possession over that person but want the best for them and their life at the same time. Love is when no jealousy or ownership is involved just naked emotions for that certain individual love is being pertained to.
Or it can simply be something you really enjoy and appreciate not even a person.
All I know is it’s not infatuation.
What do I love?
Lately I don’t know. Obviously family but we want the juicy stuff right… sike nah…
I love people who appreciate me, just appreciate little actions I make, it makes me feel somewhat useful
I love feeling satisfied. Yanno what I mean
I love waking up an hour before my alarm and then going back to sleep. Ugh that feeling … it’s SO GOOD
I love looking at my dog go crazy when I walk in the door, literally when he shakes his tale so much he looks like he could fall over
I love laughing till my insides hurt, when you can’t even make sounds to laugh you know it’s real
I love when you and another person find out you have something in common because then all the sudden things become relevant to you two about each other
I love the first few sips of a drink when you’re really thirsty and all the sudden that’s all that matters
I love the feeling when you feel smart. Have you ever just been on your game and everything that day was going well for you so youre really focussed and enthusiastic in class, making you participate and actually understand lessons
Here were some examples of things I usually under appreciate but value so so much creating a HUGE love for them, but that goes for everything I love, at one time I just “liked” everything, you have to grow to love something or someone because we don’t always value something when we first get it. (To completely honest love is scary and not easy to admit for some people, so that’s why it shouldn’t be pressured to be said or felt, it’s a feeling that just comes with time and you can’t rush it. Something that is supposed to mean so much shouldn’t be said for satisfaction)
Love is one of the topics where it doesn’t only have one definition or one interpretation. Everyone thinks differently when they think of the word “love.” To me, love is something that motivates you, you care about, or that you’re passionate about in general, whether it be an object, sport, or person. Love can apply to any and all of these things, depending on the situation. I will admit, I have found myself saying that I love something, without fully knowing why I’m saying it or what that means completely. When you love something, you get this feeling of overwhelming happiness or heart-filling that you just want to cherish and keep forever. Love is when you look forward to doing something or are just so excited that you can’t wait. Now, I know you’re thinking, okay, but you can be that excited about anything. I know, but those things that you are that excited for, you have some type of love for it. The things that you love push you and motivate you to be better or to just wake up every morning. This is one of the best feelings in the world. Some things that I love are obviously some clichés, such as my family and friends, but also I love when I just click with someone. I love when someone remembers a small detail about me that I didn’t expect them to remember, or when someone gives me or tells me something meaningful. Most of all, I love to help people. I love knowing that I made a difference in someone’s life, even if it is small. To me, helping someone, big or small, makes me know that there’s someone out there that appreciates me. Love is so great, and if you ever get to experience it, never take it for granted.
ReplyDeleteThe word love is used a lot, however that doesn’t mean it’s a bad thing. It’s used for different reasons, yet means the same thing. We all love a variety of different things and love is something that fills your body with joy. Since everyone portrays love differently, love can be defined in a various amount of ways.
ReplyDeleteLove is something that I will hold onto forever. When I love something it makes my heart beat faster. Love to me is something that fills you with an unbearable amount of exuberance. It makes you have that excitement and energy to keep going and gives you that boost to get up in the morning. This doesn’t just go for people, it goes for anything. To me, there’s different levels of love; some things you love more than others, and that’s perfectly normal.
At this point in life, I don’t know yet of everything that I truly love. However, I do love:
My beautiful crazy family. The support I receive from them makes me feel content. We are all in a group chat and let me tell you, it’s the best group chat I have ever been in. I love my dog Daisy, who’s sitting with me right now. She’s ALWAYS there for me and knows what type of mood I’m in. She follows me everywhere. I love my grandmother’s house. Yes, her house. Every Sunday when I walk in there I get that feeling of security and peacefulness. I absolutely love hearing my mom sing in the car. That feeling I get knowing she’s truly happy while my worries go away. I love the deep talks I’m able to have with my dad. I simply just love seeing myself and others smiling. I love the bond and connection I have with my bestfriend and boyfriend, knowing they have my back at any time of the day. Lastly, I love the small things people do to re-insure me that they will always be there for me. And yes, there’s a handful of other things I love, but these are the major ones.
There’s a difference between liking and loving. It takes time to love something, but when you love that something, you will know.
I say I love a lot of things. I love pizza, I love sleeping, I love shopping, I love Christmas. But, do I actually LOVE them? Or do I just really like them? To me, to love something or someone, they have to create this warmth, this fire inside of you that could never be put out. You form an attachment to things you love, because they impact your life in such a way that you couldn't even think about living without them. Now, here is a list of people/things I truly love, people/things that bring light to my life.
ReplyDelete1. I love my family. I am forever grateful for the way my parents raised me, how they love me unconditionally, and how are my #1 supporters, through it all. Watching my brothers grow up and succeed is one of my favorite things to do. They are literally the biggest goofballs on this planet but are also the sweetest people you will ever meet, taking after me perfectly. :)
2. I love my girlies. My people. I am extremely thankful I have been blessed with these wonderful human beings. They ALL have the most beautiful souls, and when we are together we radiate this energy that is so loving and vibrant, nothing could stop it. We have truly been there for each other through the darkest times, and we plan on being there for more.
3. I love softball. Yes, I know this sounds cheesy and I sound like a little girl, but for some reason softball is so much more than a sport to me. I have been playing for about 10 years, so it has become part of my life. All of my friends know how much time and energy I put into this sport, and my goal is that I will get a scholarship in the next year or so and it will all pay off. When I am playing a game or at practice, I forget about the "bad" things in life.
4. Last, but not least, I love my bestfriend. Gianna has been my bestfriend for almost 3 years now, and she has made an impact on my life no other human being has before. She is my safe place, and my person. I have talked to her about things I have never talked about to anyone else before, and that just shows the amount of trust I have for her. She constantly makes me a better person, and the love we have for one another has never gone away, even through our mini rough patches that we have.
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ReplyDeleteMy definition of love is the feeling you get when there is something or someone that you put before yourself. For me to say i truly love someone that means i would die for them or ride with them until the end. Although i do like and enjoy things like playing video games, watching TV, drinking smoothies and stuff I've never felt any significant connection to materialistic things. The only thing i love that isn't a person is my dog. Other than that i love my parents. I love my friends which most of them i grew up with. I also love all my teachers.
ReplyDeleteIn my life there are so many things that I love. Exactly as the book The Secret of the Bees describes, it’s almost as if it’s an inapt word. The word love becomes excessive; you feel accustomed to use this word to define family, friends, and boyfriends or girlfriends. And yet, at the same time we throw it on to random possessions. The difference is, for me at least, love is something invaluable. Love is something that feels as if it cannot and should not ever be taken away. That’s why things such as family and close friends fall into this category. They are something that have been with you (most likely for quite some time) that inevitability cause a feeling of joy, and you would never imagine would be ripped away. The best way to describe love as an emotion is, intense. Whether love is causing intense feelings of desire, joy, safety, insanity, or even sadness; no matter the circumstances all of which are intense. Love causes any and everything to be amplified. You care more about those you love. In an effort to create a pyramid of love in its comprehensive way, here it is. On the bottom you have items that you may describe to others as “Love”, this is possibly due to the goal of getting others attention; in order to emphasize how much you like something, although it may not be “Love”. This may be something as simple as a gift that you desperately feel that you want, but cannot convince your parents of how much you truly want it. On the second tier you have things that are familiar to you. Possibly something that you consider to be a favorite, this may be a food, clothes, shoes etc. But it’s something that you recognize to be above all other variations-or flavors even, of its kind. On the top tier you have “loved ones”. These are people who affect your daily life and create an aura of goodness in your heart. They form a pleasant mood for you. People who you love go out of their way to show their affection to you. They know you, almost better than yourself, and would do anything for you. That is love, putting someone before yourself. Anyone who considers themselves loved, or loves, (hopefully everyone) should keep this in mind. The fact is you generally feel more comfortable around people you love, you feel a stronger connection to people you love, and most importantly you feel inseparable to the people that you love. In a nutshell, that is what loving someone means to me, and the only way I can attempt to define it. Love of course comes in a package, it contains heartache, and sometimes pain. But, that’s all part of becoming stronger after the hurt is over. I cannot speak for everyone, but as for myself, what I love is the people who have stuck with me regardless of my flaws. That has undefinable value to me. That, is what I love. Overall, there is something you like, something you favor over others, and something you love. So, in a way, there is more than one word to say you “love” something by having a different meaning. It’s just not something we consider or think about constantly.
ReplyDeleteI don’t have an actual exact definition of love, it’s something that is so hard to define because it means so many different things and it can be used in different ways. But I’ll keep it simple. Love is an intense feeling that you feel for someone or something, when it comes to a person it’s wanting the best for someone even if it’s not you and it’s loving them completely even if there are things you can’t stand about them and it’s forgiveness. When it comes to an object or a place or a book it’s simply something you always wanna do or something you can’t see yourself not doing or not having.
ReplyDeleteSoooo what do I love? I love so many things and people and honestly it’s a great feeling but it’s also heart wrenching when that person or thing gets taken away from you. I love people and I love those people who you can have a full conversation with, no phones, no distractions just you two sitting and talking about anything in the world and being able to actually hold a conversation. I love my dogs, the innocence they have is so pure to me. Just these three adorable animals who just live there life jumping around and when you feel awful about yourself they’re right there to make you feel so special and like you matter. I love the people I surround myself with, they make me feel important and loved and I know they have my back and I love how unique they are and different they are from each other and how they never fail to make me laugh everyday. They don’t make me feel low or unwanted or like my voice doesn’t matter they make me feel like I belong.
Here’s some quick things, I love lacrosse so much and the movie trolls, and the warm fuzzy feeling of drinking hot chocolate, I love candy, I love car rides, I love meaningful music, I love listening to people talk about their life or talking about their feelings or how their day was, and I love kindness and I love those people who wake up everyday even though they don’t want to sometimes but they do it anyway because they know they’re strong enough to not let the world take them down so easily. And last but not least😏 I love love
I think love is a subjective term. Love is different to every person in a unique way and therefore a definition of love is best when it is stripped down to it's bare minimum. Personally, I have a very loose interpretation of love. Love to me is just one notch above like and there are a lot of things that I would put one notch above like. I do understand how love could be interpreted strictly and how people could think about love as being, more or less, only one person ever. However, I could not disagree more. I love tons of people and things and by limiting what you can love, you are bound to love less. And who wants to love less? Love is a great feeling whether it be your significant other or a grilled cheese that your mom makes. Love is love. The only time I could see anyone loving "less" is if its used to describe how much something costs. Things that I love? Well I love sleep. It's my best friend. I love music. That makes me happy. I love my (real) friends. They're pretty great sometimes. And finally, I love myself. Not in like a weird ego-maniacal way but more like I'm comfortable with who I am like 99% of the time. And honestly, that's most important thing to love. Yourself.
ReplyDeleteI think it’s a good thing that love is extremely general. Love should be general. Of course too much of anything is a bad thing but this world definitely needs as much love as it can get. I don’t think love should have any boundaries. I’d define love as wanting doing anything and everything for someone, compassion and passion, understanding, trust, etc. sometimes love is complicated, but love is important.
ReplyDeleteHere’s a few things/ people I love the most: my mom (a obvious but complicated love), my siblings, my grandparents, my aunt and cousins, my dog (so so very much), my beautiful friends, Bunje!! (so wise, so kind), laughing, MUSIC, art, nutty buddies, feeling accomplished, feeling supported, feeling happy, MY BEST FRIEND ( I love her so much, thinking about it makes me smile so hard. She just gets me, I can’t even explain the connection we have). Love is intense, but it can also be small and less fierce. it’s broad!! And I honestly think it should be.
Love is a word that can mean many different things. You can use it in many different tones but it can mean many different things by using a specific tone. But for me love is when you truly care about something it makes you feel a certain happiness inside you. I love many things. I love My Family of course they have provided me with so many things and i am so grateful for them. What I love about my family is that whenever we have any problems or situations come our way we go straight for it, we get passed it and move on. I love my sister, i know she’s part of my family but i love her very much. She always has a smile on her face that can change my dad into a good day. She knows me very well, she always knows when something is wrong. It is never a silent moment between my sister and i, we always have our jokes always laughing, and she’s just a great person and for me to see her really growing up is a blessing. I love my mom. I love my mom so much that i even changed her name. I call her Guada, her real name is Guadalupe but i specifically tell her i call you that because “mom” for me is just a typical word. My mom is special. My mom does so much more than any other mom in the world. She has done so much for me, she has suffered so much because of me. My Dad is a whole different story it's not even funny i would be here forever but i love my dad so so much like i would do anything to keep him for my entire life. I love so much more but for me family is always first in any situation.
ReplyDeleteHow do you define love? In my eyes, not a single emotion can be completely described by a spoken language. The meaning of such a thing is extremely sacred and shouldn’t be circumscribed by a word. Emotions are their own language, and they take an entire lifetime to learn. It should also be considered that no two people will ever act the same, and you need to take the time to understand them. Taking the time out of your day to focus all of your energy on a certain person or thing is one of the many representations of love. Love can be about trust, respect, or just coexisting in harmony. The very feeling of knowing someone is there for you can mean a million words without saying anything at all. What do I love? I love the curiosity that makes people want to ask that kind of question! Of course I love my parents, my friends, and my pets. I love music that has a deep meaning only to the person who wrote it. I love hearing other people’s personalities in their words and actions. Classifying love doesn’t change my perspective on the meaning of love for me because my classification of love doesn’t really have a set definition. While I am the kind of person who sometimes loves order and hates change, I can be the complete opposite at some times. Defining love allows me to have a better grasp on what it is or what it could be, but because words were made by humans, part of me believes that our diction is not perfect. However, that makes it beautiful in its own way.
ReplyDeleteLove is something that you have to learn from experience. to understand what you truly care about and what you just simply like, which is never a bad thing, the little things are always appreciated. But love to me has to be felt from the soul. When I say I love something, I should have goosebumps whenever I talk about it or think of it. My one true love, music, will forever check off all of the necessities it takes to love something. Whenever I sing, all my problems become invisible, like its just me in the room, and no one can say anything. Love is such a powerful feeling whether it be about another person, or in my case, music. Getting chills listening to a song or blubbering and crying my eyes out in the middle of our last choir competition because the song was so moving. The love I have for music will never match the love I have for anything else, believe it or not. Love can surprise you in many ways; it can flip your whole world upside down. I've felt that with a three people I loved and most likely still do and with music. Falling so hard for someone and realizing they don't love you back or don't show it sucks and hurts. And when someone ruins the one thing you look forward to at school, choir class, you're crushed. But that never stopped me and look where I am now. Better than ever. So loving something can make you hurt, but in the end, it's all been worth it. "Won't forget, can't regret, what I did for love" -Chorus Line.
ReplyDeleteI recently watched a comedy show on Netflix by Trevor Noah called "Son of Patricia". I think Trevor Noah is a pretty funny guy that has a fresh perspective on regular situations, mainly because of his difficult and humble upbringing in a different country. If you don't know who I'm talking about, I highly recommend searching him on Youtube or watching his comedy show on Netflix. Anyways, in his show, he talks about racism, specifically the N-word. Growing up in South Africa, Noah learned his mother tongue, Xhosa. At the end of his show, he mentions his first racist encounter in America, where a white male called him the N-word with the hard "R", because Noah was jaywalking. Noah goes on to explain that he wasn't hurt by the word at all, and actually responded with a smile. In Xhosa, the racial slur actually means "to give", so after hearing the word for so long, it lost its meaning and power. That's what I think has happened to the word "love".
ReplyDeleteIt wouldn't be wrong to say that the situations I'm comparing are totally different, as one is a racial slur taken out of context, and the other is a word used to express feeling and powerful emotion. However, the idea is the same between the two: after using a word in so many different contexts, it will lose its meaning and power over time. I'd consider myself a literal person, so if I was trying to find the definition of a word, I would just look it up in a dictionary. However, I believe there is a specific and subjective definition to love, but on many different levels. Since it's subjective, I believe love should mean whatever you want it to mean to you, whether that be an emotional attachment to an object or person, a feeling inside of you, etcetera.
Personally, I don't love many material things. Since the word is so desensitized, I can "love" a plethora of things but on different levels. Domino's Hawaiian Pizza, my family, friends, generosity, a sense of humor, loyalty. These are all things I "love" but on different levels. I guess true love to me means doing anything for the object or person you love. Absolutely anything. Love is a strong emotion, capable of making you do anything for that person. Crazy.
Love is putting someone else before yourself. Some good characteristics of love would be loyalty, care, and many other things. You have to be loyal to what you love or else you can’t really say that you actually love it. You have to care for what you love because everything needs care at one point or another, especially something so important to you. There are so many things I can say I love because I have become loyal and started to care for them so much. For instance, my family. Everyone should love their family but I feel like some don’t as much as they should. I understand if your family wasn’t always there for you, that is completely different but most families are there and should be cherished for that. I put family before anything because I always know they will have my back in the best times and the worst times. I also love soccer. Soccer has given me a way to express myself differently than anything else. I can be creative and do my thing while being the happiest I can be.
ReplyDeleteLove varies from person to person. From experience to experience. Some people don't know how to love. So love does not have a solid definition despite what anyone may tell you. However, one thing is in common with every persons definition of love. Love is selfish by instinct. You love a sport because you enjoy it or you are good at it. You love your clothes or shoes because they make you look good. You love your parents because they loved you first and raised you. Love is a chemical that's released in your mind that produces elevated emotions, deeper thoughts and desires.
ReplyDeleteI love my family. My sisters, my mom and my stepdad. My mom isn't blood related but she raised me and is nothing less than my mom and my sisters are the closest blood i have. "Love" doesn't begin to describe how deeply i care about my family. I love wrestling. I was raised around wrestling and it's been my life sport. It's how i express myself and let out stress. It's something i can feel myself getting progressively better at the more i practice. These are the two things in the world i love the most.
To me, I’m not really sure I can define love because it can mean so many things depending on what you’re talking about. When you think of the word love, relationships tend to come to mind or at least to me they do. I think that love is a really powerful thing when it’s between two people who care for each other. Love is doing everything in your power for someone just to see a smile or wanting to better yourself for their sake or just simply caring so deeply for someone it’s insane and no matter what that love is there. Love is a homey feeling about a person. What I mean by that is that everything else can go wrong in the world but if you’re with the person you love you literally don’t care as long as they are there. (That’s how I feel when I’m upset and hug mason :’))Over the past couple of years my love for Mason has grown so much that sometimes it honestly surprises me. Like there’s some moments where he can just annoy the shit out of me but I always think ‘whatever I love him no matter how annoying he’s acting’ like I just come to accept that about him :) and trust me sometimes the fact that I think that annoys ME.
ReplyDeleteLove isn’t just being with the person you want, there’s many other forms of love. Like friends and family, I have such a strong love for my family and close friends but it’s more of a protective love.
I love Harry Potter and pretzel m&ms and the song sweater weather but those are more enjoyable things I love cause they make me happy. Me saying I love these things doesn’t change my view on love I still see as a powerful emotion all because of how I feel about Mason. There are have been some moments where I’m just amazed by the love that I have for him. Love can have so many different meanings it’s hard to list them. But I feel like there’s different levels. You love partners a different way than you love family and friends. Or at least that’s how I see it. I don’t think one love is weaker than the other I think they both shine and go about in different ways while both being strong. Something I associate with love is happiness. When you think about something that makes you happy, you tend to love it. But I do think that love is beautiful and amazing. Love is everywhere in so many different forms and it’s a wonderful thing.
I’d define love as a super duper liking of something/someone. So much that you change “super duper liking” to “love”. Now, the amount of liking can vary based on what or who it is. The amount of love you have, I believe, is based on time. When you’re young and you say you “love” your new boyfriend/girlfriend it’s because you don’t really have a good perspective on time. It’s still moving pretty slow. Then when you get older you see how fast time flies and it makes you evaluate what you really love because people and things come and go over time. Love is what makes you feel good even in a bad situation, and love is happiness. Some characteristics would be trust, communication, humor, loyalty, and respect. There are many more but the way you love someone doesn’t always have all these characteristics. That’s why there are so many different levels.
ReplyDeleteI love my family. There are many thing I’d do for them, I’ve known them my whole life. I mostly love my mom. There aren’t any combination of words I could use to describe how much I love her. I love chocolate because it tastes great. I love sports because it’s fun, even though sometimes it’s frustrating. I also love my girlfriend Brielle. She adds to my happiness.
I’m going to say that putting a classification on things I’ve said I loved does change my perspective a bit. Only because it makes me analyze the certain characteristics of love I put into those things I love.