Life.
As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn’t supossed to ever let us down, probably will. You’ll have your heart broken and you’ll break other’s hearts. You’ll fight with your best friend or maybe even fall in love with them and you’ll cry because time is flying by. So, take too many pictures, laugh too much, forgive freely and love like you’ve never been hurt. Life comes with no garuntees, no time outs, no second chances. You just have to live life to the fullest. Most of all, live in the moment, because every second you spend upset is a second of happiness you will never get back.
Falling in love with your best friend? Best thing EVAR.
What I find interesting about love is that it is not necessarily sexual. Connecting with someones REAL persona deeply is the most wonderful thing ever, whether you call it the love of god or the binding of internal philotes.
I have one objection though:
Some of the most productive times I have had have happened when I was upset. You shouldn’t wallow in your pit of despair, but you should take it for what it is.
Exampli gratia:
When I went under a cultural evolution in the winter of 2008. In Delaney’s words “when you stopped being a douchebag”.
When I realized that people judge my character on the small things that I do, and it detracts from my relationship with them. June, 2009.
Then again, there are the times when you feel like breaking down over something small because you need some attention, and I think you should abstain from that as much as possible.
I’ve heard somewhere that eskimos have some 20+ words for what we English people call ‘love’. These include the way you love your dog or your favorite book or your mother and yes, your best friend. Falling in love with your best friend in a romantic way is nice, but to me, a best friend is someone that you love and who loves you back in the first place whether romantic or not. Saying that love “is not necessarily sexual” is true, but I think that non-sexual love is most common. Yes, most humans feel sexual love for another human at some time, and if they never do, then I feel sorry for them. I’m not saying that it’s uncommon. I’m just saying that where you can love one(or sometimes more, although this is usually considered cheating and is frowned upon in most societies and religions) human(or whatever) in a sexual way at one time, you can love many people and many things. So, non-sexual love just comes up a lot more.
Yes, I agree with both of you. I also think the word “love” gets thrown around a lot. Most people say it because they believe they HAVE to. For instance, when someone says “I love you” to you, what do you usually say back right away? “Oh, I love you too!”. Do we TRULEY mean it? Or do we just say it because they said it first. One can say that they love someone, but it’s their actions toward that person that really shows whether or not they actually do love them. Am I right?
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