Love is a choice so I've heard. Its amazing when you feel love for someone, but what about the times when you dont feel it? Is that what is meant about love is a choice? Really, what is love as a feeling? Is it just an emotional high? Do you compare the feelings to the excitement of a rollercoaster ride? Does it make you feel like you can conquer the world? Does it bring an inner peace or calmness? When do you know when you love someone? Is it when you get the feelings first? Or do you make the choice first? If it is the latter, what do you make the choice based upon? Love is such an interesting and controversial subject and the most sought for.
Friday, November 17, 2006
posted by Wilabee Izbicki at 4:51 PM
8 Comments:
I think if you can see yourself sitting on the toilet going number 2 in front of them and feel comfortable about that then they are the one. And don't forget to ask yourself: "Do I like who I am around them?" "Am I myself around them?"
I think that sometimes it is one of the hardest choices that we make- we are called to love everyone, in some form or another- Jesus said to love our brothers and sisters but also to love our enemies. The crazy thing is that it is unconditional- there is nothing that we base it on. I guess we have to ask ourselves if we are acting kind, patient, not self-seeking, not rude, or boastful, etc towards those other people or that other person... if we're not- then it's not love. I think that sometimes acting in that way will bring about those feelings- we did an exercise in acting class one time where we had to sit there and move our faces into certain shapes-like open you eyes wide, open your mouth wide and put your eyebrows up and have a bit of a smile. They are just actions- but do it for awhile and you will probably start to feel the emotion of surprise... or something like it. It all sounds so simple- and yet how do you know what is the most loving thing to do... I don't know.
Do i feel comfortable around them when I take a dump, well it doesn't mean your in love or there the one it just means your a guy cause they can do that around each other. Do I like who I am around them? I don't think that self observation would constitute thinking of others (a trait of love) Am I myself around them? people lie about themselves all the time to make sure that they won't lose the other persons love, from what I hear women do it all the time! The other thing is I don't know if I would feel surprised with my eyes and mouth wide open along with lifted eyebrows for a while without feeling like an idiot maybe I would feel like an idiot because I look like one when I do that.
I can see that maybe open ended questions are not the best for "anonymous"... perhaps when left up to their own interpretations- they are skewed by a tainted perspective. Not all people lie- and the acting analogy was meant to illustrate that action sometimes brings about feeling- like we might not always feel like forgiving someone but we do it anyway because it is righteous and good to do so, and perhaps we are blessed with feelings later of restoration.
Sorry I didn’t mean any harm by it, it was just a joke
We forgive people because we need forgiveness ourselves knowing that we all make mistakes. We do the righteous thing because we are supposed to be just that, righteous, not just do the actions because we feel some sort of superficial obligation or it's "good to do so", but because we believe in it and it comes with in us from the heart (some would say that is God in us). Other wise if you say you forgive someone but didn't really want to all you've done is lie to yourself and to the other person how righteous or loving is that.
Its great that this is an open place to talk freely about what u believe. Thanx for the opinions and thoughts. I never thought about the takin a dump infront of "the one" and thats a very interesting way to put it.
We r called to love one another I agree its a hard thing to do. U r also right that love should be unconditional but thats really not what I was talkin about. Its where love begins that I was refering to. And if makin faces brings upon feelings, then y not smile and laugh a bit more?
Anonymous had some interesting things to say as well. Its a hard topic to talk about: forgiveness. I agree that we need to forgive because we ourselves need forgiveness.
Can u answer some of those riddles in your other blogs. i cant figure them out and they are hurting my brain.
if you read the comments the riddles are all answered
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