Scientifically love is the emotions that we feel as a result of certain
chemicals/hormones firing off in our brains and through out body.
Historically, people who believe in God usually call it matrimony, when
two people are bonded for life because they have strong feelings for
each other. But then again, people have been married before that don't
care about each other let alone know each other. Those types of
marriages are usually arranged marriages...
So- what is love? Is it chemicals firing off in our brain? Is it something
that's destined to be (like Romeo and Juliet)? Or is it what you feel for
family?
In society, people are defined by their relationships- usually by how well
those relationships are going, or how many different relationships that
person is in. When you look at all the different types of relationships there
can be in society- it really makes me wonder what love is. Love can be
friendship, or someone you meet on the street that you don't know (random
acts of kindness), or it could be family or a boyfriend or fiancee. Love can
come in any shape or form, so its strange that something that can change
shape so easily, defines our lives so strongly. But then again, it's also
strange that people are so defined by who they know or what they've
done in their lives.
So what is love? Is the sexual relationship you have with somebody? Is
it marriage? Is it friendship or family ties? Is it just randomly walking by
somebody you don't know on the street? Honestly I think it could be
anyone of those things- but it could be more. I think love is something that
isn't defined by time, why? Because time has no meaning when your in
love. Yes it's true that when you're in love with someone (a boyfriend or
girlfriend) it feels like an eternity when you're away from them, but for
example, the reason why Romeo and Juliet are so famous now is
because of their impossible love. They loved each other when it
should've been impossible. One a Capulet and one a Montague- and yet
they were star crossed lovers. They were destined to be together. And so
even now, they're story is still remembered- hundreds of years later.
People who define love as just being hormones or chemicals are wrong.
It's so much more than that. Because love defines who we are to such a
degree, it should have meaning if we fall in love or even who we are in
love with. It defines us through our relationships with our friends and family.
In this way, love is powerful because it affects so many different aspects of our lives.
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