Simple thought for you. What is love? Lets look at the bible for an idea about this. After all, if you are a person of faith or not, that book is the result of more than 5,000 years of people debating this idea of love and how we should treat each other. In old Hebrew there is no word that actually translates properly to the English word love. The Hebrew word that usually ends up being translated as love, Ahavah literally means giving or constantly giving. there is no implication of what you get in return. With that in mind I asked a friend one time at dinner Why did you order catfish strips?. He replied I love catfish!... I pointed out that if he loved the fish, he would not kill it and eat it. He would let it keep swimming in the lake. He only loves the way it makes him feel, what he is getting out of it, and the flavor. I like to eat fish, but it is obvious to me that there is nothing in it for the fish... and its certainly not love. Just like if you love that TV show, you know the one, the one that you have been into for three years and your are waiting for season four on pins and needles. You can talk about how invested emotionally in the plot and the characters all day. How they make you feel happy, sad or excited. most likely using the word love quite a bit. Understand, that TV program knows nothing about you and you add nothing that a million other people are adding. No real connection... and in a few months or even years when you are getting a little bored with that show you LOVE, another TV show will come along that is bigger, better or just more interesting. What do you do? change the channel... so many people treat relationships the same way. They are in it for how they feel, not really allowing themselves to connect and trust that the other person has their best interest at heart. Then when the lawn does not get mowed or dinner was not cooked to their liking, they start to doubt the relationship. Inch by inch the relationship gets bland and disconnected... What do they do? They change the channel.... Real love is about working out the little problems, forgiveness, common support, and openness to the point that the word trust is taken for granted. Real love is knowing that I GET to help my kids, excited about being there for them and allowed to be part of their lives. A Friend of mine moved into this area for the first time and stayed with his uncle while he got his established. His uncle showed him a car he was trying to sell. He said do you need a car?. My friend said yes, how much?. He replied I need a fair price. my friend offered him $1,000, then $2,000 and then up to $5000... each time the reply was no, I need a FAIR price. My friend said how much is fair? A million?. His uncle asked him would having this car help you lead a better life? My friend said sure, but... Cutting him off, his uncle said that is a fair price and he handed him the keys.
Posted on: Sun, 03 Nov 2013 15:22:17 +0000
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