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What is love? (pg. 13)
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| Theresa |
Why question these things? Why not let yourself believe as you want to and let it be content within itself?
I believe I was in love. Technically, I might not have been, but I believe I was, and that makes me happy. Why not fool myself? |
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| Clovis86 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Theresa
Why question these things? Why not let yourself believe as you want to and let it be content within itself?
I believe I was in love. Technically, I might not have been, but I believe I was, and that makes me happy. Why not fool myself? |
Because I want to know what it really is. I'm tired of being fooled. |
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| Theresa |
| quote: | Originally posted by Clovis86
Because I want to know what it really is. I'm tired of being fooled. |
If you think you loved, let yourself believe it. What can it hurt? |
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| Clovis86 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Theresa
If you think you loved, let yourself believe it. What can it hurt? |
I think I'm just saying whatever because its 4:30am.... |
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| Theresa |
| quote: | Originally posted by Clovis86
I think I'm just saying whatever because its 4:30am.... |
HAHAHA! You're silly!
GO GET SOME SLEEP!! |
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| THE_Chris |
| Love is something I must remember to experience someday.... |
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| Clovis86 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Theresa
HAHAHA! You're silly!
GO GET SOME SLEEP!! |
No...I'm not silly...just...too philosophical for this early. I know what I mean, I just cant write it. :) |
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| Sand Leaper |
| quote: | Originally posted by Arbiter
The difference is in its genesis: instead of being based on criteria that you have assimilated from society, it is your own criteria which are met and you are thus inspired to love by. In that way, and only that way, is the love truly yours. |
Great post Arb :) Just one thing that puzzles me: how do we seperate our own criteria from the ones society impose on us? Aren't these in fact one and the same? |
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| placebo |
| quote: | Originally posted by lücid
:stongue: :stongue: :stongue:
"i am heeennifer lopayyy!"
were you watching the best episodes of South Park last night too? i still can't believe that one was #1. it's funny, but not nearly as funny as the Michael Jackson one. |
no, you're Jennifer Lopez! /cartman
dude i watched parts of it, that was number one? my favourite is the one when cartman gets his own amusement park, that was ing hilarious |
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| Arbiter |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sand Leaper
Great post Arb :) Just one thing that puzzles me: how do we seperate our own criteria from the ones society impose on us? Aren't these in fact one and the same? |
Well optimally we would never mix the two to begin with, we would have two seperate concepts of "society's ideal" and "my ideal," which wouldn't necessarily have anything to do with each other, even though we were aware of both. Unfortunately most of us begin being socialized at the same time we are developing our individual identity, so the two processes tend to influence each other irrevocably.
Now in almost all people some or all of their criteria are the ones they have assimilated from society. Our own criteria would be those we come to as a result of our own thinking (rational or irrational) about what we value and why we value it, and they may be similar or identical to popular ideas (in which case it's difficult if not impossible to be certain where they came from) or they may be different than popular ideas. |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
Ideally though...
We don't live in ideals. We live in a world with many elements that could use more reasoning and ideals, but are doomed to never make use of them. It's just how things turn out - our own [un]doing, yet no individual responsibility. All that matters is that you retain your sense of integrity - no matter how blinded it is, some vestige of self-respect and individuality must be established to and by yourself and only for yourself. Only this realization of one's own washed-out morality despite the potential to change can ever lead to the individual's freedom from society's shackles - it's a stark contrast to the assumed passion of the past, but our world is constantly changing, and so should we...optimally. :p
Only when you have realized what you are can you realize who you are. If you ever expect to truly love another person - you must have established to yourself some semblance of empirical sentience. |
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| kr00t0n |
| quote: | Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On
Only when you have realized what you are can you realize who you are. If you ever expect to truly love another person - you must have established to yourself some semblance of empirical sentience. |
I realize I am pretty cool, thereby I am gareth, ergo I can love... YAY ME!! :D |
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