This morning I got onto the Merriam-Webster website and used the online dictionary to look up the definition of the word love. The search came up with twenty-one different listings for the word love. The first and most basic definition was ?strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties?. The hey word here being ?personal?. In our society people tend to state that they love their dog, their mail carrier, and their pastor all with the same devotion as their significant other. Personally, I don?t believe the word can really be defined, but rather, I categorize love into three different groups. The first kind of love being the love we share with our spouse or significant other. The second kind of love is the love that we share with our families. The third and final type of love is the love we feel for our close friends and life long relationships.
I think that when I hear people say they are in love, the kind of love that comes to mind is the passionate love s
The next type of love for our family, especially for our parents. This is the love we have had since the day we were born. The love we have for our parents will continue to flourish until the day we die. We love our parents this way because they created us, raised us, and have helped us develop into the person we are today. This love usually extends to our sibling, they have been around for most of our lives and have shared in the growing process of our personalities as well.
I don?t think there is anything wrong with using the word love in the three different ways to express how you feel towards others. I just think that the word shouldn?t be thrown around as feely as it is in our society. When love is applied to more than a hand full of people you may need to rethink your definition of the word. The word is saved for very personal and private situations not to be discounted by public relationships. This is why I have concluded that a word with twenty-one different definitions
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