What is love?
8 Jun 2024
What is love? How would you describe the feeling of love? Have you met your beloved?
Whilst I am learning German these days, I have found an interesting YouTube entitled "What is love?" Different passers-by in Berlin, with different genders, ages and sexual orientations, have shared their views about love.
Some have given a dictionary-like description ;
Some have valued the sense of security, companionship, mutual listening, or understanding even without words ;
Some have perceived love as a chemical reaction, nothing further could be explained ;
Some have a believe that love is uncontrollable ;
some have shared her love at first sight experience ;
Some have shared that pain and suffering are also embedded in love ;
Some have preference of doing sports these days ;
Some love their families, friends, partner and themselves ;
Some have shared that they haven’t met their beloved yet and they have no further comment !
I am quite surprised that I have echoed with nearly all the responses!
Indeed, one's views about love might change along one's experiences in life.
When we were young ;
When we have become an adult ;
In the beginning of our career ;
After we broke up or "being" broke up ;
After some life crisis or grief,
We might have different views towards love!
The question is : whether there is an absolute truth about love?
Or could we be more flexible? We might change at different stages in life - and perhaps one view, just fit us more at that moment - at that stage of life ?
How about you? What's your view about love?
How does it change along your life experiences?
What other views have you changed along your growth?
From a clinical psychological view : we might have changed a lot in our lifes. And yet, no matter how many times we have changed, more importantly is whether we are aware of these changes. So that we could understand ourselves more ; learn to become a little bit more gentle to ourselves ; a bit more generous and forgiving to ourselves; and a bit more accepting of ourselves !
