What does love mean to you?
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Thank you for pointing that out. At least I know not everyone got what I was trying to imply. Well technically when I said liar I was not referring to christians but to pathological liars who dont know Jesus and lie with no remorse. Technically when you keep on lying your life will be a living hell for you will reap what you sow.
I done research projects and given presentations over/on 'love'. It's one of the most difficult to define words of all time...literally (source is me)! Every language had one or multiple words to describe what in English we call 'love' and different kinds of love, and different contexts of love, etc etc etc...
In fact, dictionary definitions don't even agree depending on the edition and dictionary series in question! ...and in a world where anything can mean whatever you want it to mean (present day), it all becomes even more vague, varied, and precarious.
That all being said, what were my findings? What is love to me?
The most concise answer I've come to so far is this:
Love, while affiliated with many things, is neither simply a notion nor feeling (despite the presence and association of those things). 'Love' is essentially a conscious or subconscious choice or decision to value, desire, and otherwise prefer or defer to a certain person, place, thing, or series of such above both others and self.
That's love in an objective sense, but if we speak socially, that decision or choice requires certain thoughts, words, actions, and for some, feelings, which are associated with it as 'proof' or 'evidence' of its existence.
In fact, dictionary definitions don't even agree depending on the edition and dictionary series in question! ...and in a world where anything can mean whatever you want it to mean (present day), it all becomes even more vague, varied, and precarious.
That all being said, what were my findings? What is love to me?
The most concise answer I've come to so far is this:
Love, while affiliated with many things, is neither simply a notion nor feeling (despite the presence and association of those things). 'Love' is essentially a conscious or subconscious choice or decision to value, desire, and otherwise prefer or defer to a certain person, place, thing, or series of such above both others and self.
That's love in an objective sense, but if we speak socially, that decision or choice requires certain thoughts, words, actions, and for some, feelings, which are associated with it as 'proof' or 'evidence' of its existence.
Thanks thats informative...I held my breath to stop a possible nosebleed. 
Scientically love is chemistry. The brain produce chemicals that make people in love happy. Thats why the heart beats fast because of those chemicals. The heart overrides the brain after that then all hell breaks lose and the person in love becomes officialy stupid. After the happy chemicals wear off the person comes back to his senses. But those who dont recover from the intimacy caused by those chemicals either end up in a mental institution or lives happily ever after.
Scientically love is chemistry. The brain produce chemicals that make people in love happy. Thats why the heart beats fast because of those chemicals. The heart overrides the brain after that then all hell breaks lose and the person in love becomes officialy stupid. After the happy chemicals wear off the person comes back to his senses. But those who dont recover from the intimacy caused by those chemicals either end up in a mental institution or lives happily ever after.
Thanks thats informative...I held my breath to stop a possible nosebleed.
Scientically love is chemistry. The brain produce chemicals that make people in love happy. Thats why the heart beats fast because of those chemicals. The heart overrides the brain after that then all hell breaks lose and the person in love becomes officialy stupid. After the happy chemicals wear off the person comes back to his senses. But those who dont recover from the intimacy caused by those chemicals either end up in a mental institution or lives happily ever after.
Scientically love is chemistry. The brain produce chemicals that make people in love happy. Thats why the heart beats fast because of those chemicals. The heart overrides the brain after that then all hell breaks lose and the person in love becomes officialy stupid. After the happy chemicals wear off the person comes back to his senses. But those who dont recover from the intimacy caused by those chemicals either end up in a mental institution or lives happily ever after.
I forgot what they were called, but it was explained as what makes a woman trust a man who may be a total jerk, and a guy want to stay with/protect a woman who might be using him/treating him terribly. There are actually chemical contributions to why that is if that couple is not celibate. Not necessarily information for this subject specifically, but interesting nonetheless.
