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From: Devie Marie Malabanan AB Philosophy IV
Category: Philosophy of Love
Date: 15 Nov 2000
Love is the most wonderful thing that ever happened to me, for it allows me to explore and widen my horizon concerning love. It made me realize that i am very much capable of loving. Love, though may it be the most wonderful thing that ever happened to me and the sweetest word i've ever heard, is nothing but useless if not shared. It is a gift. A gift that that is given to each one and only because we fail to recognize its importance in our lives that it is not being shared to or with someone we love. love is always meant to be shared. You know, the word love, be it romantic or not, humanitarian or not is nothing if not shared; for it is only in sharing that the esssence of love is manifested and realized.
Perhaps, we might ask ourselves what happens to us the moment we love? Actually it is not what happens to us that matters most but rather what happens to the other. Did he/she grew? were we able to made the other happy? Though it's really not the reason why we love but i think somehow these manifest the essence of love. Indeed love is giving. it is always a gift not only of the hand but of the heart. Love encompasses all. It is an all embracing reality. Love is when suddenly becomes beautiful and pleasant. It is when you just love the other without expecting to be loved the same way you love the other. There is the experience of joy and sometimes sadness.The overwhelming feeling that cannot be explained.
Consequently, i understand that there can never be anyone who could best defined love. But the thing is, it isn't a question whether yours or mine is the best possible definition. As long as you've realized that you have loved someone more than others do, it's already enough. But you know I think the best definition of love is yourself. As Ive said, love is a gift. And as a gift it must be a gift of the self. A gift of our being; sothat only then when we made ourselves as a gift to the person we sincerely love and even to other people who really and deeply need our love, only then we became a genuine lover. After all love is not just limited to one but it's for everyone.