Is love deeper than a feeling? It is, I think. For, at its essence, love is not really a feeling at all, but a choice. Certain other feelings arise out of love: affection, devotion, desire, but these are not love; these are emotions, and they are as changing and inconstant as a sea: raging in a violent storm on one day, barely the whisper of a breeze the next.
But love, true love is not a sea or a storm. Love is the rock, the earth above which these transient weathers fly. Steady, immovable, it endures the ebb and flow of the passions. Love is the choice, the declaration saying, "I will honor and care for you in spite of all my changing feelings, not because of them."
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Wow, Graham. That's pretty cool. Everyone needs to read this and keep it as a reminder.
I already told you this but I think that is really beautiful and so true.
i really needed to hear that. thank you, graham
Love is not a feeling, often times those feelings come. But love is much much more, and kudos for recognizing that.
did you write this? Or did it come from somewhere else? It's really very beautiful and so true. People today often mistake love for feelings or feelings for love.
Guilty: I wrote it.
is love a fancy or a feeling? or ferrars?
This is awesome! Thank you posting it. It really helped give me perspective.
Do you have anymore wisdom to bestow upon us?
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