March 14, 2009 1 Comment
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Is there a such thing as true love or love at first sight? I have had several conversations on this very subject in my lifetime and I’ve given my opinions supporting both sides of this argument. Basically, I think it just depended on what mood I was in when talking about it. The fact is, however, that although I don’t think love at first sight is at all even a remote possibility, true love itself does exist for some people. I say some people because I honestly don’t believe that each and every one of us will be blessed with finding that one person that we are “meant to be with” or our “soul mate” so to speak. I actually haven’t had very many relationships in my life because the relationships I have had were pretty long. As far as true love goes, though, I guess depending on who you ask it can have different meanings. I tend to think of true love along the lines of unconditional love and if that’s the case then I have experienced it more than once and will probably do so again. I tend to love pretty deeply, and my love once given is always unconditional. It takes alot for me to give up on a relationship. Anyone who really knows me knows that statement is 100% truth.

As far as love at first sight I just don’t think it’s possible. I believe in lust at first sight, definitely. I also believe that there can be a strong attraction to someone that will later lead to love, but I do not believe you can truely fall in love with someone just from seeing them for the first time. If you can fall in love with someone just upon first sight, then my opinion is that you are a shallow person who does not really know what love is at all. You can’t know a person’s heart, their likes and dislikes or even if you are sexually compatible upon first sight. You won’t know what they want out of life, if they are selfish or giving, or if they are the type of person you would want to spend your life with. I think real love, true love, comes with time. In my personal opinion, love is realized when you feel that without that one particular person, you feel like something is missing. When you wake up everyday and think of him or her before you even open your eyes. When you’re comfortable enough to share your deepest darkest fears and secrets and know that he or she won’t judge you, but comfort you. When you stop thinking just for yourself, and their feelings matter more than your own and when you can honestly say you have no interest in anyone else but that one person. When seeing him/her hurt or causing them pain hurts you just as badly, maybe then you can say you are experiencing true love.

This quote from the bible itself sums it up rather nicely.

“Love is patient; love is kind
and envies no one.
Love is never boastful, nor conceited, nor rude;
never selfish, not quick to take offense.
There is nothing love cannot face;
there is no limit to its faith,
its hope, and endurance.
In a word, there are three things
that last forever: faith, hope, and love;
but the greatest of them all is love.”

Just think about it…

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