Philosphy - Love Essay

Paula Mbula

08/23/17

Love

        Love can make you happier than you've ever been, sadder than you've ever been, angrier than you've ever been. It can relate you and deflate you almost at the same time. People have searched for centuries to find the right way to say "I love you" and to try to explain those butterflies in your stomach, that warm fuzzy feeling in your belly and that heart skipping a beat. Love comes in many forms, so it is hard to try to define what love is. To define love, love is when you have a certain type of passion for the person, place or thing. For example, I have a boyfriend right now and I love him, and the reason why I love him because I admire who he is as a person and how he makes me feel. He gives me that warm fuzzy feeling in my stomach where sometimes he makes me smile uncontrollably. What makes his love different is that he treats me like the woman I am, and he also knows my flaws and my perfection and loves me for who I am. By the way he treats me and carries himself as a person that’s why I grow the passion to love him so much. Now to love a place is a different type of passion. For example, I love going to the gym even though it is a love/ hate relationship. I love going to the gym because I know how much it can benefit me in a positive way. I grow a passion for the gym because it helps me build my body to the certain standard that I want my body to be, and I love seeing the process of my body. I love the gym because it helps me stay fit and I want to be fit for majority of my life. I also have a love for soccer and boy do I love playing soccer. The way I feel while I play soccer is something that's indescribable. I grow to have a passion for soccer because it removes me from the world while playing. Soccer to me is an escape to the stress and burdens of my everyday life. When I step on the field I get to briefly revisit the simplicity of my childhood only if for 1-2 hours. I now know that the reason that I love soccer so much is not simply because of the game itself, but because of the connection it has with my childhood. To have love for something or someone has no type of requirement or goals because you can simple fall in love or just love something just because. You are the only person that can determine your goals for love or even requirement for love. You love everything differently especially people. For example, the way I love my boyfriend verse how I love my family is a different unique love. With my family that i grew up with they have been supporting me since i was an infant. They showed me the unconditional love when it comes to supporting and providing for me, they were always there when i needed them and never turned their back on me. No matter how many times we get into an argument or have a disagreement at the end of the day there was still love. It is more of a permit loves with my family there my true blood no matter what my heart lies within them. When it comes to my boyfriend my love is more passionate (being closer) when it comes to the type of attention I need from him. We are dating and getting to know each other and our feelings grow everyday and that how we love one another. I believe loving him is not permit until we are become truly committed to each other in front of God and our loved ones.

Friendships come in all sorts of forms: serious ones, like the college friend you discuss politics with, silly ones, like the squad you do Halloween with, chill ones, like your wine and Netflix buddy. Sometimes a friendship can even turn into something more. Each friendship offers something totally unique and irreplaceable. Each friendship ultimately makes us who we are. Friendship is having mutual affection and support between people. To have a meaningful friendship you have to have some type of honest and trust, those are two requirements I believe you have to have. A friend ship can also happen for afar. A friendship does not mean you have to physically be around another person just to establish a relationship. Friendship can be creating just because two or more people have things in common. You can meet someone on the internet and have an interest in a TV show and grow to be great social friends. Just like love friendship comes in different forms, but without trust and honesty there will be no foundation.