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ShadowLost Junior Member
since 2001-06-23
Posts 43 |
True love....what a thought. What a dream to find. Have you ever felt the loss of a love you believed would last forever and ever??? Something you believed to be everything you'd ever dreamt of???? Gradually you were let down by one thing or another, realizing you never had their love and definately not their heart??? I, myself have only found one truly unconditional love in this world. That love comes from our God above. I want to hear what you people have to say about love. Any aspect, anything at all to help me believe again. To find hope, in the darkness of the shadow, behind the eclipse of my heart. This is an interesting and exciting place it seems, I hope it will be. ~ShadowLost~ |
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LoveBug
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since 2000-01-08
Posts 4697 |
Welcome to Passions. This is a very interesting question. I have to agree with you there, there is no such thing as perfect love, other than the love that our Lord has for us. But human love is also a Heavenly gift, and in spite of its flaws, it is something to treasure. I'm sure you'll find the love you are looking for someday. I hope to hear more of your thoughts soon!  "Men judge generally more by the eye than by the hand, for everyone can see and few can feel."-Machiavelli |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
Does true love exist?? Yes, yes it does. . . but, you have to know it when you see it. . . How do I know it?? You will. . . But, know that true love begins within you, you can't really love someone else totally unless you love yourself first. . . you have to take a good long look in the mirror of your soul and look at all the things that make you who you are, the good and the bad things. . . and then, you have to make the good better and get as much of the bad out of there as you can. . . When you've done this, you'll be more open to finding true love. . . because when you love yourself, people see that. . . so, look inside first. . . love yourself. . .  ------------------------------------------------------------------- To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world. |
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catalinamoon
since 2000-06-03
Posts 9543The Shores of Alone |
Hi, welcome. I have felt the loss of what I thought was a real love, more times than I care to think of. But I do believe that true love exists. It is rare, though. Right now I have witnessed a true and beautiful love develop between two of my friends, and I promise you that it is real. Now if we could all have it, life would be so much happier. Maybe it won't happen for everyone. But I still have hope for the future and I hope you will too. Sandra |
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Ron
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-05-19
Posts 8669Michigan, US |
Unlike Sven, I don't believe True Love is so easily distinguished. But I do think true, lasting, unconditional love is as possible on a human level as it is on the divine one. As evidence, I would submit the way some parents feel about their children. It doesn't matter who the child becomes or what the child does, the parent's love remains undiminished. We have it within our hearts to love in this way. To love perfectly. Like Sandra, however, I think finding this kind of love between a man and a woman is rare. Exceedingly rare. Or, as I've expressed elsewhere, True Love is Not A Common Thing. |
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ShadowLost Junior Member
since 2001-06-23
Posts 43 |
I do feel welcomed indeed. Yes, Lovebug human love is and can be a heavenly gift. Ron's comment about parental love is one of those...the love one has for their offspring is a one of strongest bonds that I know of and have seen. While I've been sitting here writing this it occured to me though that some parents for some reason or another aren't able to show their love and affection to their children and the children grow up lost, alone, rejected, and may feel emotionally abandoned. Human bonds can be some of the most special gifts on this earth but I believe they lack the divine perfection that our hearts truly long for. I am coming to the conclusions that this is the love my own heart desperatly needs to be ultimately and completely fullfilled. Another thing, sometimes we perceive ourselves or others to complete us and make us whole. The cliche.....if only I could find that one person that would take away my lonliness, emptiness, etc. I would be happy, etc......I know in that lies some truth but I also believe it isn't all or maybe not the truth at all. Like what Sven said, about loving ourselves. That true love starts with us. I partially agree with his statement but love is sooo very much more than even that. But, nonetheless in it does lie some truth. Another thing to contemplate. The statement, "Love is Blind" Apply this to your life....what conclusions do you or can you take from the truth of this statement. Have you ever known someone who's eyes you looked dreamily into and your heart, soul, spirit and everything inside of you thought "Love at first sight". The perfect creature that makes me flutter and my heart skip. Some say this is the physical, chemical things that happen. In this situation we also can acknowledge the way we feel in the presence of this human creature that appears to connect to us in such a way that is incomprehensible, unexplainable to you or them. You may feel that you've known them forever, etc. That would make some think, feel, imagine, dream, KNOW, that they have found that one special LOVE, more often than not taken to seem to be romantic love.It's not at all, maybe it's less than that, or possibly even more. What might come to our minds is the idea of soulmates, lifemates, twinsouls, etc. Which could be of either sexs, ages, races, seeming to transcend anything. What is this idea??? Elaborate on this, what is all of this????? There are many dangers on this earth, hence this is the dwelling of good versus evil and the battle that has gone on for as long back in our human existence as we are aware of. It is the undertone of our very existence whether we acknowledge it or not. A few of the dangers with the concept of blindness in love is that we may put a seemingly perfect human creature on a pedestal so high that we are unable to see that human with honest, unbiased, objective eyes. In there lies many the dangers of love, usually in romantic love but in any other love between human species. We as the imperfect creatures made in the perfect image of God are fallible and are known to hurt people in our lives for many, many, selfish uncaring reasons. We tend to compare and contrast and are often unforgiving and petty. Yes, love can start with us. "Love the LORD with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind and love your neighbor as you would love yourself". Something straight from the bible, and something valuable to ponder and think about. In there lies depth....what do those statements fully mean. Principles of life that are as true today as the day they were told to Abraham. For a shadow is lost!!!!!!!!!! Thoughts that pour from the heart are the most cherished and treasured words of all.... ~ShadowLost~ ...and now these three things remain: faith, hope and love. But, the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13.13 |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
I think the definition of true love is different for different people. And as Ron so aptly said, true love is NOT a common thing. It can't be forced either! We can't make someone love us no matter how hard we try. Love ourselves first? Sure! That's not so easy you know? And if we don't love ourselves how can we expect others to? And once you've been hurt, how can you love again? It's very hard to let anyone into your heart after being 'burned' badly. And if you can't do that, do you miss the opportunity for true love? Because you were hiding from ANY form of love? We've all heard the internet stories of true love (my son and his wife are a case in point - married 3 years and expecting their first baby). Is that love any truer? Because the avoided the 'physical' attraction first and loved solely from the heart? This is an interesting topic! |
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ShadowLost Junior Member
since 2001-06-23
Posts 43 |
So much to say......Agreed that true love is very RARE and UNCOMMON. Another question I hinted at in the initial topic was if one believes they've found true love then it dissappoints them to the depth and bottom of their heart and soul. And as PoetDevine points out what about those individuals that have been open, and trusting and have been burned to a crisp ?how are they supposed to know or believe what it is they are looking for. It makes one just want to give up on it all and hope for something better in the afterlife such as Heaven. It is devastating when someone you love hurts you. People are hurt everyday by little things and by major offences by someone they love. There are some ways love can begin with us and others where it is not. We do have the copacity to give love but it is not always reciprocated. Which could be for any number of reasons ie. they aren't tall enough, short enough, don't talk the way we want them to, their nose is too big, this list could go on forever as long as we are only human. Why would someone fall in love with someone when they are in love with someone else? Why would people marry and vow to spend their lives together and then divorse? Why do mothers throw their just born babies in dumpsters? So many questions and things in the name of LOVE. There are a lot of issues within this topic of life.....much to say....and even more to ponder and chew in thought. Take the ball and roll........ ~ShadowLost~ Needing the veil to be lifted from her heart. ...and now these three things remain: faith, hope and love. But, the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13.13 [This message has been edited by ShadowLost (edited 06-24-2001).] |
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walker Member Elite
since 2001-02-11
Posts 2240Florida |
I think that love is an innate emotional need but is developed as we grow and learned about love. The first love is our caregiver. Later in life we still need love but not for survival. I can tell you that love is hard work. I been married for over 10 years and I think that I can say that I known true love. But the past 3 years have not been easy, my love has been tested constantly. And it keeps getting tested, will my love survive? only time will tell, because as long as I love him,I hate to admit I will want him by my side.Love is such a feeling of bliss that even when you are not loved, you can think that you're happy.(Does that make sense?) |
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Auguste
since 2000-02-16
Posts 3953By the sea |
I've loved and lost like everyone. I became friends with a girl many years ago. We truly liked each other a lot. Now 27 years later she and I are still married and have a great relationship. Know what? We are also still friends. I think that helps. She has her quirks and faults, as do I. It's best to overlook the small problems and concentrate on the ones that could cause a real problem in the relatlionship. We only dated for a couple of months before getting married and everyone said that it wouldn't last. She was only 18 and I was 21. We've had our hills and valleys over the years but we've managed to work out the things that threatened our marriage. I dearly love her and I've no doubt but that she feels the same. Yes, true love exists. I know, because I've found it. I wish you luck on your quest to do the same. Michael Michael Auguste~ |
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Dopey Dope
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Member Patricius
since 2000-08-30
Posts 11132San Juan, Puerto Rico |
I think it's out there.......I know I've felt it.....SO yes......in my world it does. |
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White Wolf Member
since 1999-09-18
Posts 371Somewhere in the vast wasteland |
One thing I haven't seen in this topic is that love is a gift. Love isn't taken, stolen or even bartered with. True love is given without conditions and expectations. I have a friend that I gave my love to. She is my best of my best friends. No matter how she has hurt me that love has only grown stronger. Now you tell me how this is possible. Can you? Or is it just beyond human understanding? Maybe Paul put it the best way in his first letter to the Corinthians. "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails." I believe that is the most accuate discription of my love for her and she has told me that her love for me is the same. What more can one ask for. So in closing it is out there but most of all, love isn't love until you give it away. The White Wolf If life is just a game, when does it end cause I want to get to what is real. |
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Blaec Member
since 2001-04-23
Posts 130The Sunshine State |
I do believe that true love exists. I met the love of my life a long time ago. Unfortunatly at the time I wasn't open to believing in love. I had been burned badly not long before I met Chris. He tried to convince me for 2 years that his love for me was real. He finally gave up on me. He said that he couldn't take it anymore. It took me another 2 years before my doctor finally diagnosed me with depression and put me in counciling. It wasn't until then that I realized how much I loved Chris. I believe that it was true love. I was just to scared to give him my heart. Do I have a point? Yes! My point is that true love does exist. You just have to make sure that you are willing to take the chance when it finds you. |
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ShadowLost Junior Member
since 2001-06-23
Posts 43 |
Someone mentioned that love is a gift. Yes love is the most precious gift of all. Between humans I believe it is possible to find true love but it is so difficult to find. True love is given away. It is something that should be given unconditonally without any conditions or expectations that the love will be returned. From my experience it is something that is not easy for humans to do. God and Jesus are the ones in my life that I know truly love me. I hope those of you who have claimed to have found love won't be let down and your heart shattered to pieces. I hope to learn to love unconditionally as I can to those that love me, those that I love, those out their I consider my worst enemies and those who have done injustice towards me and to others in this world. Remember also love is more than romantic love towards a single human being, it is more encompassing and greater than that. It is loving the hungry man on the side of the road, it is loving the murderers and thiefs and loving those you dislike. I want so badly to believe that a human can love in this way. Including myself. And yes 1 Corinthians 13 sums love up quite perfectly. People that is LOVE, anything less well....you tell me. ~ShadowLost~ ...and now these three things remain: faith, hope and love. But, the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13.13 [This message has been edited by ShadowLost (edited 06-27-2001).] |
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Local Rebel Member Ascendant
since 1999-12-21
Posts 5767Southern Abstentia |
I find this to be one of the most sad aspects of the human condition.. the broken heart. I don't think that true love between lovers is as rare as the paradigms that are capable of creating it. The notion of 'soul-mates' has corrupted our thinking and feeling process. If, for example, a person does believe there is a God that created the universe and us, and that we were created in the image of this 'God' then with about 8 billion or so people on the planet there should be about 8 billion or so people worthy of giving and recieving 'true' love. After all, this 'God' wouldn't make junk. The fact is, we will have many 'relationships' with people that will feature 'true' love. They will not last becasue they will progress as far as possible until one or the other realizes even though the relationship is 'real' the other person is simply not the 'one' for them for reasons that are totally irrelevant. What people do though is try to determine what is 'wrong' with the other person looking for excuses to end the relationship, or wrong with themselves if they've been dumped.. when in fact.. there is nothing wrong with or about either -- just merely the fact they are 'wrong' for each other. Becoming mired in the 'what went wrongs' prevents us from moving on to what will be 'right' in the future. Every relationship is a gift. Any love that comes into our life is a gift. It is a thing of beauty. And all relationships will come to an end.. in one way or another. True love can be abundant. Hate is a dead thing. Who of you would be a tomb? -Kahlil Gibran |
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Local Rebel Member Ascendant
since 1999-12-21
Posts 5767Southern Abstentia |
I regretfully neglected to point out why the reasons are irrelevent. If we dwell on some reason we think caused us to be rejected.. or even on a characteristic someone tells us is why they rejected us.. then we will constantly be trying to change ourselves to fit the mold of someone who isn't right for us. |
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Dark Enchantress Senior Member
since 1999-07-27
Posts 1258meet Morgana |
I'm going to admit to not reading anybody's replies simply because I'm short on time, I'm lazy, and my attention span isn't that big. So I'm just going throw in whatever I've got and if it was already mentioned then I'm sorry. But this is what I believe about love: Love is like fire. It's beautiful, intense, mysterious, captivating, and it burns. It can also leave scars, destroy, and then simply disappear into a cloud of smoke. The damage doesn't disappear, but anything that might console you does. Because it makes you wonder. How did this happen? Why? That's what a family wants to know when their home burns to the ground. That's what you want to know when your heart lays broken on the ground. But love and fire do have a difference. If you touch fire, you'll burn. If you touch love, you'll be unleashed. Aside from all that...it also depends on the person. Don't make anyone else who wants to love you suffer for what someone else did. Someone they probably won't even know. Just keep an open mind and listen to your instincts. Sometimes they're wrong, but mistakes teach you things. And those things should never equal fear. Though lets face it...often they do. Anyway, good luck. "...if you want love you must be love.." |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
A friend once told me that True love was giving the one that you love a knife, and then walking away. . . I didn't really understand that then. . .I do now. . . Just something to think about. . . ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world. |
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Jenn Cirrincione
since 2000-07-02
Posts 2107Fl |
I believe in it... I always had a feeling there was such a thing, but could never prove it...now I know for sure. It's out there, everyone has a soulmate. Ummm, Sven, a knife?? As in you trust them that much...? Or that your willing to let them have power...? Explain. "Woah my love, my darling, I've hungered for your touch a long, lonely time"- Unchained Melody |
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esclandre Member
since 2001-06-11
Posts 62Northern California |
trust IS power power is NOT love love is NOT trust ...at least not 'just' trust. we trust people daily, even if we don't recognize it as such. trust, as with love, comes in different forms. 'true' love... well, there are many forms of truth as well. Esclandre |
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Lil_Aussie_Cutie Junior Member
since 2001-04-28
Posts 45Qld, Australia |
Ive heard that love is a state of the mind. The mind is a very powerful thing, and maybe love is what ur mind has "convinced" yourself of...that's one theory anyway. No matter how you reach love, I think "true love" is a sincere thing. Perhaps its "embracing" that love which is the difficult thing - not "finding" it, as so many people complain of. So many times its just sitting there waiting for us to take it, but are too scared to. I, for one, believe in it though, as I'm in love right now and it's the most genuine feeling I've ever felt in my life. Janelle aka miss cutie |
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doreen peri Member Elite
since 1999-05-25
Posts 3812Virginia |
no. |
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Fading Away
since 2001-03-14
Posts 3131Lynchburg, Virginia |
Yes, it does exist. It's out there, although rare to experience. --Marie You can’t expect the roses to grow without the weeds. |
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Irish Rose Member Patricius
since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263 |
absolutely..... " I walked beside the evening sea And dreamed a dream that could not be" George William Curtis" |
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Paula Finn Member Ascendant
since 2000-06-17
Posts 5546missouri |
What hope would we have if we didnt believe that true love exsists? I dont think you can just wait for it to fall inot your lap...I believe you have to work at it...constantly guarding against becoming to sure that what you have you can hold....take it for granted....there are no guarantess...I dont believe love is a 50/50 proposition either....each person has to be willijng to give 100% always...and never forget how powerful "I love you" really is... |
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Local Rebel Member Ascendant
since 1999-12-21
Posts 5767Southern Abstentia |
Anything worth having requires work which usually translates into struggle, pain, sacrifice, and sometimes frustration. I see too many people anymore who shrink away from the first obstacle they encounter and just give up and go looking for something easy. Love isn't easy -- but it's worth the effort! [This message has been edited by Local Rebel (edited 07-31-2001).] |
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Allysa
since 1999-11-09
Posts 1952In an upside-down garden |
True love exhists. It sucks sometimes, but it exhists. I've thought I've been in love before, true love, but it wasn't. True love is letting go. And I hate that phrase.  Someone once taught me that it doesn't matter what other people think of you as long as you like yourself. That's what I live by. |
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Tara Simms Senior Member
since 1999-08-12
Posts 1244Honea Path, SC USA |
Yes, true love does exist. One factor that I think people overlook is truly taking the time to get to know one another first. It's almost as if they expect that clap of thunder and lightning strike from the very beginning. Perhaps some people do. With me and my husband (we just got married 12 days ago!), it was a slow, steady progress. A warm, gentle rain that gradually increased in intensity until a full scale storm was raging within us both. When we exchanged our wedding vows, I completely broke down and sobbed when I said "You are my best friend and I love you." My husband is many things to me, fulfilling many needs. The most important role he plays is that of my best friend. He is the one I can turn to with any problem, he gives me support and unconditional love. Together, we have faced many hurdles. A lot of them would've torn other couples apart. Instead, they have brought us closer. I think what gets in the way of some people's quest for true love is that they put up with things in a lover that they wouldn't tolerate in a friend. Why lower the standards for a partner? As a general rule, we expect our friends to be trustworthy, honest, to show respect for us, to comfort us when we are hurting, etc. And yet, many will date a person they describe as being "cold, sneaky, mean spirited" etc. Why? Better yet to fall in love with your best friend: the one who knows all your ugly little secrets and loves you anyway, the one who can laugh with you over life's little (and not so little) mishaps, the one who has seen you at your worst and still thinks you are beautiful. Love as a gift? Yes it is. It's one that I've always given reluctantly. I have a problem with allowing myself to be vulnerable, to admit to needing anybody. There have only been 3 people (my husband and two children) that I've been able to love completely, without holding back. When you give completely of yourself to another, the rewards are great. |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
Tara. . . I'm glad that you saw this and answered it. . . I would say that if anyone doubts that true love does exist. . . they only need read what you've said above. . . and yes, it's not easy. . . and yes, it always doesn't work. . . but. . . you can't give up hope. . . you can't stop dreaming. . . you can't stop looking. . . and you have to never settle. . . Thanks. . . ---------------------------------------------------- To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world. |
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TunaKaHuna Junior Member
since 2001-06-28
Posts 19United States |
True love is out there, though many people dont exsperience it. I know for one that it is out there, I am waiting for cupid to get off his lunch break. I wont give up, I cant let myself be disappointed if true love isnt out there...somewhere. |
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Moon Dust
since 1999-06-11
Posts 2177Skelmersdale, UK |
I've only experince love once out of a lot of people I've been out with. And although I knew it was true love, it doesn't mean I won't find it again in somebody else. You don't have a choice to die but you do have a choice how you meet it. |
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ShadowLost Junior Member
since 2001-06-23
Posts 43 |
Loving the unloveable. That is unconditional love. Doing what is right for another. That is unconditional love. Not doing something selfish for yourself because of your love for someone. That is unconditional love. Just some things I was thinking about. Still pondering this subject....day after day. ~ShadowLost~ ...and now these three things remain: faith, hope and love. But, the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13.13 |
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ShadowLost Junior Member
since 2001-06-23
Posts 43 |
I was thinking again.....Love should not be given to those that only love us but to everyone. We should not love and expect that love to be returned. God loves us unconditionally and do we return our love to him???? Do we only love a person when they are always nice to us??? God is always nice and wants us to have the best but we don't even treat him right. But, when it comes to other people it's easy for us to love someone who loves us but, to truly love is to love those that hate us and say bad things about us, and do not treat us fairly. Do good to all those around us expecting and hoping for nothing in return. And when you give don't give away things only because, you don't need or use something anymore but give away other things too. Give up something of yours so someone else can have something. Have you ever seen the joy on someone's face when you do this??? ~ShadowLost~ ...and now these three things remain: faith, hope and love. But, the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13.13 [This message has been edited by ShadowLost (edited 12-03-2001).] |
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ShadowLost Junior Member
since 2001-06-23
Posts 43 |
Do we treat those around us and closest to us with actual true and unconditonal love or are we truly selfish. How often do you look at yourself honestly without your blinders of denial on???? I look around and see us all stepping on other peoples toes, being lazy at the store because you think you should have the best and closest parking space while you hold up traffic behind you waiting ten minutes for the person who's spot you want is putting groceries in their car when you could have already been parked another 20 feet away and been in the store already. Then the other people usually women over the age of 35 who think they just need the cart with the child seats in it to put her giant sized purse in....if only she'd open her eyes and see there is a very limited number of those kinds of carts for people with children and decide that she can do without and get another cart. LOL....I can see I'm atop a soapbox. Sorry!!!!!  ~ShadowLost~ ...and now these three things remain: faith, hope and love. But, the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13.13 |
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catalinamoon
since 2000-06-03
Posts 9543The Shores of Alone |
Hey, since you renewed this topic, I want to put another 2 cents in, ok? Since June when I first answered it, someone renewed a past love in me that I thought was finishd. He instigiated another meetng, and he then broke my heart exactly as he had the year before. From this xperience, I am both more ad less cynical. I see that though we are evidently not "Right" for eachother, the factthat I cold stil lve him and give him another chance after how badly he had hurt me the first time, akes me believe I did ave trueloe for him. And now, two months after what appears to be a final breakup, I still feel love for him, and no anger(except on the occasional bad day) So, I guess I believe in true love,I just don't know if I believe it wil ever come come in the way that I would give it. As for the women over 35..careful there, we are many...LOL I have never once used one of those big carts..unless my 3 granddaughers were with me. But I can get right up on the soapbox with you for about a hundred other issues, anytime you want comany.. One of my big ones is that pregnant woman,and especially a women with more than one small child,should be able to park in handcapped spaces. Where I live, these are almost always empty, as there are a lot of them, and yet I watch my daughter try to get 3 kids under 5 into the store without any calamity, through the huge parking lot. Sandra |
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Fee Member
since 2000-08-07
Posts 381Melbourne, Australia |
Welcome, You definately have touched on a good one here. Honestly, I do not know if true love exists. Personally I belive that I was inlove with the idea of being inlove, and that alone created an illusion of what real love is. Some people are lucky enough to have met their believed true love and that was it, they are still with them now. Others have been fortunate enough to meet what they believe to be true love and are content. I think that Love is what you make it, and how it lasts and what it means to you, is an individual experience and only "you" will know when it feels right for you. Never give up on the belief of true love. Hugs Fee Expressions, |
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ShadowLost Junior Member
since 2001-06-23
Posts 43 |
That would be great if pregnant women with other children should be allowed to park in a handicap spot. That is one example of one exception....another exception would be those older folks who have a difficult time walking, they should wait for closer parking spots. But, the rest of us lazy people need to take others into consideration. I'm not sure what true love is anymore. I know that true love comes from our God above. He sacrificed his son to pay the price for our sins. But, other than that....as others have said above. Humans are capable of unconditional love but mess it all up. ~ShadowLost~ ...and now these three things remain: faith, hope and love. But, the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13.13 |
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Tony Di Bart Member
since 2000-01-26
Posts 160Toronto, Canada |
Yes I believe. True Love does exist in my life. Yes folks I have true love! As rare as you may all think it to be it is not... True Love only requires one thing of it and that is that you believe in it. Without this belief it will definitely not exist. Henry Ford said " Whether you beleive you can or you beleive you can't your probably right" I am single, but never for one moment do I doubt that there is no true love in my life. |
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RosePetal
since 2001-08-26
Posts 2985South Florida |
Hi!! Welcome to poetry land! I believe that true love exists but you will go through many lovers before you find that special one! I am still searching for mr right but I am sure he is out there somewhere. Don't worry, true love will be yours soon enough, most likely when you least expect it. good luck and welcome to passions!! RP |
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Moon Dust
since 1999-06-11
Posts 2177Skelmersdale, UK |
Ok I konw Ive already posted but I have a bit more experiance now true love is hard to find because everyone just thinks its a strange feeling they get. But true love is the whole package or even love. To find true love you have to love the the person for what they like and even more what they dont like. To admire them for the good things about them and still love them in spite of their bad points. To accept a person the way they are. Love is still liking them after you have got to know them. And I think i'm falling in love for real this time. I breathe the dust, the dust is me. |
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mauddib Member
since 2002-01-12
Posts 119melbourne australia |
I believe anything imaginable is possible. I believe that nothing exists without its opposite. I look around at this crazy world and the evil that men do. Our propensity for evil is only matched by our propensity for good. As much as we can hate is as much as we can love. There is a lot of hate in the world therefore love is there, somewhere. What is love? Vulnerable. |
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Dee Member Elite
since 2000-08-19
Posts 2330Queensland, Australia |
Have you ever felt the loss of a love you believed would last forever and ever??? Something you believed to be everything you'd ever dreamt of???? Gradually you were let down by one thing or another, realizing you never had their love and definately not their heart??? Sadly, yes. |
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ShadowLost Junior Member
since 2001-06-23
Posts 43 |
Of course I've been thinking again. Life is about relationships and unconditional love. The relationships we have Jesus Christ, God, family, friends, and yes even strangers. If everyone loved everyone else unselfishly we would be living in a very different world. To love someone is to love everything about them. The good and the bad. I Corinthians 13. Love is Patient, Love is Kind...... You all should read it. The world isn't supposed to be about "ME" as in the "ME" generation. We as a society step on everybody elses toes, hurt others feelings to get what we want. It's sad. I'm just letting my feelings out again. That's all!!! Hoping to completely realize what makes this world turn and turn. Is it love??? ~ShadowLost~ ...and now these three things remain: faith, hope and love. But, the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13.13 |
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The Lonely Stranger Member
since 1999-06-18
Posts 361Upstate, NY, USA |
You want true love .... I suggest a dog. They are always happy to see you ..... always ready to cuddle and will NEVER say "we need to talk" No one ever listened themselves into trouble. [This message has been edited by The Lonely Stranger (05-11-2002 04:38 PM).] |
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bsquirrel
since 2000-01-03
Posts 7855 |
Yep! She said burn ... together. |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Yes...it definitely exists, and if you want it...you will find it... but the trick is that you have to forget that you're looking for it and let it find you. True love has found me twice... I met my first husband in college and married him right after graduation. We were married for 34 wonderful years and had 2 sons and a grandaughter. Sadly, he died of cancer 3 years ago. I never thought I would find true love again, but then I met David at an online dating service, 13 months after my first husband died. I thought we were only going to be friends and just go to dinner and the movies once in a while. But when we met in person, it turned out to be love at first sight for both of us. We were married this past October. So, yes...it does exist, but you have to believe in it but not be looking for it. Lyra |
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ambermize Member
since 2001-04-21
Posts 157California |
I used to think that love made a person who they were. I know that often when you think you are in love, you overlook all the bad things that happen just becuase you dont want to be let down agian. It is a strange feeling becuase all you do is set yourself up for a dissapointment. The things we do to ourselves huh? |
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MIdsummerRain Member
since 2002-05-19
Posts 175St. Louis, Missouri |
:::NoDs::: "I don't know when I got bitter, but love is surely better when its gone" - Tonic The strands in your eyes |
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