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 Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 8:09 pm
This is something I was pondering a long time ago (a couple years or so). I was thinking about these things after having been rejected after finally getting up the courage to ask out the girl I liked. here goes:
What is love?
Is it something that comes from baser instincts, such as lust? Or is it something that comes from somewhere... deeper? Can it be used and controlled? Or is it something so omniscient that no one can stop anything it tries to do, and no one can ever hope to control it? Is it good for humans? Or is it our imminent destruction? Maybe we'll never know, but all I do know is that I am now consumed by it.
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Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 10:03 pm
I'm not sure this is so much a rant as a discussion prompt/musing/prose self realization piece, but it's a good question regardless.
I feel like I ought to reply with something profound. I'd hate to see this go replyless, but at the same time I don't know what I can say. I know that I do not have the answers. I made my fair share of mistakes and didn't give love the credit it was due until it was too late. At this point I have a hard time caring about much of anything or anyone, and I'm somewhat afraid of making the same mistakes again, so I think I try to avoid love at all costs.
I'll let you know, once I'm dead, whether it was something I was ever able to control. I know that it's something that I can deny. You can refuse to accept it, refuse to act on it, but is there a way to make it go away? Not that we've found.
It's often harmful, but I'd argue that without it we'd be far worse off. And even if it does lead to our destruction, better to have loved and lost, they say. ;] Maybe there's something to that after all.
How much will power do you have? I think that's the question. And what would love make you do? Nothing that would harm the one you loved, I'd expect. Any such action should be attributed to lust or you're missing the point of love in the first place.
Would it make you harm yourself? Someone else? I guess that goes back to how much control you have and whether you can control it, eh. I guess I've explained myself around in a circle, but like I said, I don't profess to know anything about love, 'cause I'm not convinced that I've learned from my own mistakes.
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Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 10:07 pm
I have a couple of responses. First off, I see that it is more of a musing than a rant, but all of my more 'philosophical' friends (and I use the term philosophical very loosely. They're pretty much the only ones who'll listen to me when I talk about the world and it's many forces) seem to say that I'm just ranting, hence my earlier name for it. Also, you didn't have to reply really. As long as people ead it, and they actually THINK because of it, my work has been done. Also, I eally think your answers have some credit to them. Of course, there are probably different answers for different people with different experiences. I for one believe that love is controllable, in the sense of you can resist any temptation to harm others because of the love you feel for someone, and you can make decisions contrary to what your love would tell you to do. And anyone willing to hurt the ones they supposedly 'love', are most likely affected by something entirely different. And about your argument that it's better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all. To quote K from MIB, "Try it." It hurts pretty darn bad. Even being the fourteen-year old I am, and some people will obviously ignore my views based on my age only, I have had experience with someone I loved once and saw them making out with my friend in the middle of the hallway in school. That can tear you up pretty good. Honestly, I think love itself is meant to be a neutral force. Meant to test man's abilities and willpower. But in my case, it has been nothing but a negative influence on my life.
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