Building Moxie Blogs Off … Again (The Luvvverrrr Edition)
What is Love?
*on the mic* ~
Love is simple.
Love is something;
Love is nothing.
~ Pa-eace!
*to the chest (two times) and chuck it — Fuzzzzzzz . . . .*
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OK – j/k. I will add a little to this mix . . . G. Love, it’s funny, has been a topic I have reflected on recently. Yeah, I have actually been thinking about it. And so says these lines I added to my black book . . . less than two weeks ago:
Love I offer myself to you to build with me and do with me as you will. Take away my difficulties that victory over them may bear witness to those that I would help w/ your power and your way of life. May I do your will always.
These words – I will admit, were not written with any real heart, and they are certainly not original . . . from me. In fact, they are from a prayer that some folks I know “recommend”. The word – “Love” replaces the word “God” here. Yep, us English majors, and I won’t get into it — exactly why I decided to swap out those, two words.
But it makes good work: “What is Love?”
Well — Love is God. And there it is: Love IS, or at least equivalent to, God.
And that’s a risky statement there, I know. Taboo, for a blogger — maybe. And probably just a little different from how many, many other people might have written it.
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And sure, you could argue:
“Well, there are a lot of different kinds of love . . . for different “kinds” of people. There’s godly love, romantic love, platonic love, neighborly love, unconditional love, true love, Twitter love, love for a parent, for a child, for a partner. . . .” But . . . I don’t know; I don’t know if I buy it.
I think perhaps there is only one love . . . really. Omnipresent . . . but inside – something to be tapped into, channeled. It is always there, a constant, like some sort of life force . . .
And the common attempts to manifest this force . . . which is perceived initially as a feeling, a sense (sometimes misinterpreted). Its application usually nobly-intended, and derived from or motivated by “that feeling”, but diluted often — this or that action . . . meant “in the name of love.” Something we try to “give.” But . . . I don’t know — maybe . . .
Love is not something for giving. Instead, something for simply being, and being in selflessness — almost never perfectly executed but still practiced . . . .
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Either that or this:
OR . . .
And I really don’t have a clue . . . but it was fun to play.
Part of the #LetsBlogOff series. Here’s mine . . . Happy Love Day and thanks for reading. Go read the others. ~jb
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after talking to you this morning … I realize there are so many other ways that I could have tackled this post… but this one was just kinda what I needed to put down. (it’s where I’m at . . .).
If you want your picture to show up, upload one to http://www.gravatar.com for this email address. Oh and I love you. In that being-type of way.
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Great post – and I love it when bloggers take the taboo route. If it’s what one believes, why hide it from those that might not share the belief? The purpose of blogging is to share what one has to say.
I love the idea of love being omnipresent – we are blessed to have access to such a force.
And I just HAD to copy your little black book’s entry into my not so little red book’s pages. There are too many inspiring pieces from LetsBlogOff that find their way in there…may have to start being more choosy.
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hiya Cham — thank you for the comment. can’t imagine that I won a ton of fans with this heavy heavy. And I really only had one thing to say. — *real* love can only honestly be “obtained” by given yourself over to selflessness. nothing else required . . . . To come to this conclusion I did pass thru a *spiritual-type* line of thinking….
It just happens to be what I have been working on recently — and while I was hesitant to post on the site… this sort of censorship has historically been met with . . . “ahh … what the f…” << and there is some irony here.
I’ll do my best to head over and check out your post soon. jb.
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John I think you are way too kind… Love is such a personal thing. . . no wrong answer — as I slept on this (or should I say –tossed and turned over this…) couldn’t help but feel like I went horribly wrong with it . . . anyway been there done that I guess I can now say.
Thanks for compliment on the pic (they surprised me a few years back) and that’s one thing that is pretty well constant — with the girls — I can just tap into it and feel the love…. just like that.
thanks again and may I recommend both Cham’s and Denese’s piece(s) — they both were very inspiring.
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jb, I know the definition of love is subjective, but for what it’s worth, I think you’ve nailed it. i appreciate that you through the G word out there. Whether you call it God, the universe, heart, energy, life force… I think it is inside all of us. And when listened to and cultivated, it enhances every aspect of your life. It helps you make decisions that are in line with your heart… this is selflessness… When there’s no facade of who you think you should be, people experience your heart, the best gift you could ever give.
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Denese – thank you for your thoughtful comment . . .and I’ll try to shoot this as straight as I can: Last few months of my life have almost singularly been about — surrendering myself. while I can’t say I have surrendered myself fully to the idea of a God (at least in any sort of traditional sense and we won’t get into why I am motivated to try) — I will say I *AM LEARNING* that real peace of mind (for me) only comes when *I* am less focused on myself . . . << I am simply finding that there are so many “logical” reasons for attempting to do this…
Again … thank you — this post is much better with your comment. and oh… :~)
…if you would like a picture to appear next to your comment you may go to gravatar.com and upload an image for this email address. great weekend.
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I had to google define omnipresent. I thought love was just a chemical release in your body. I am so not the romantic. I just like romantic boys :).