Ingredients of Love
What do you feel when you love someone? If distilled down to its core components, what would those be? Yes, love is an emotion, a feeling, a wanting, and a “being”. We know all that and we know that it feels great to be love and to love. But what specific feelings, wanting or beings are present when we feel love? Here are some ingredients for you to know:
Love is accepting
Acceptance is labeling someone as “okay” and having no particular desire to change him or her. Who they are is perfectly fine with you. Everything is okay for you. His/Her attitude, the way he/she wear or choose his/her clothes, the way he/she speak, etc. You do not like him/her to change, because that is what you want in the first place. You pass no condition on whether you will love them or not. It is call the unconditional love. When your love is conditional, the moment they step outside your set of conditions, love evaporates.
Love is appreciating
Appreciation is one-step beyond acceptance. It is when your focus is on what you like about another. We look at them and feel the sweeping appreciation for which they are their joy, insights, humor, companionship, etc. When someone says they are “in love” with another, they mean their appreciation is so enormous for this person that it consumes their every thought.
Love wants another to feel good
We want those we love to be happy, safe, healthy, and fulfilled. We want them to feel good in all ways, physically, mentally and emotionally. We do everything just to make our loved ones happy.
Honesty
Telling the truth is a loving action and heals the wound of our heart. Sometimes the truth hurt us but it never hurt the way a lie can.
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