2.22.2013

definitions of love

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I have loved, I have been loved, I have never been in love.

I have been stricken by an overwhelming, profound thing that could be described with too many adjectives; a pressure in my gut; a profound realization; a gratefulness; a joy; a sense of forgiveness. My love is for my family, my friends, my dog, my hobbies, my passions.

And even though love is defined as a deep affection for someone, I think it's something deeper; a feeling that you can't quite put your finger on. I can describe what love brings, what it makes me feel, but it takes a far more skilled writer to touch on the essence of love. All I can say is it is happiness, but not always, it is understanding and mistakes and sometimes failure but usually forgiveness. It is something quite beautifully human, and I cannot imagine living without it.

What is your definition of love?

Kinga

13 comments:

  1. so so so beautifully written kinga! i love it! :)

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  2. Biblically, love is treating the other person lawfully from the heart.

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  3. To me, love is sacrifice. For as the old Jeff Buckley song goes, "Love is not a victory march, it's a cold and broken hallelujah."
    But to love someone enough for that sacrifice is absolutely worth it.

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  4. You're incredible, Kinga. I just want to quote this whole post. Just beautiful!

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  5. wow so inspiring!!!! I LOVE your definition of LOVE:) It's ma fav definition i have ever read!!! Thanks for sharing<3

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  6. Kinga, this is sooooooooooooooooooooo inspirational.

    Love to me is knowing that someone is always there for you, that they'll always have your back. Love is a friend.

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  7. gah, loved this. to me, love is in the picture of my Messiah - a sacrificial, selfless, incredible love so deep that it conquers death. x

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  8. Love is ultimately sacrificial. It is not as the world defines it. Because different people have different definitions of love.
    God first loved us.
    That is true love. Overwhelmingly true love.

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  9. I think love is definitely more than a feeling as well. The best definition of love to me would have to be 1 Corinthians 13. :)

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  10. this is beautiful, kinga. heartfelt and true.

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  11. this first sentence is so true.

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  12. "for God so loved the world that He gave..." (john 3:16). i think people today are searching so hard to find this profound, phenomenal, philosphical, nobel-prize-winning definition of love and they're missing the love that is literally standing right in front of them. love, to me, is giving. giving of yourself. making sure your other half has exactly what they need. right now? i like someone. i love them. and i have this... sort of... hope. this passion (i swear i will never find the right word for this) for him to be happy. not just happy, but joyful. so joyful that it spreads to others as he locks eyes with them. for a person who's experience so much unhappiness in his life, i want him to be the best him he can be. and we're like, best friends, so we lift each other up. yeah, i like him. love him. it's just... it's just... i don't know. my feelings are stardust i cannot fathom into stars.

    beautiful, kinga. really thought-provoking and wonderful. :) <3

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