How easy it is for us to utter the word "I love you- where in fact we don't even know what it truly means. How quick it is for us to decide that we have fallen in-love with a person despite the fact that we don't completely understand what it really is to be "in-love-. It is rather bizarre how "love- becomes a part of our everyday language, an almost automatic expression that we say each day to our parents, our brothers and sisters, our friends, our girlfriends or boyfriends, without discerning what it essentially means. Quite strangely, I am personally alarmed by this reality. It scares me to think that love may eventually be simply a mechanical word that people mutter just because it is pleasing to our ears. It frightens me to conceive that love will sooner or later be reduced to a mere terminology that individuals exchange to each other when they feel like it. It was after reading the story of "The Snow Goose- that all these feelings were evoked. And it is in this light that I would wish to impart my personal thoughts, insights and reflections on love.
The story of Snow Goose has taught me that in loving, one must love a person for what he/she really is, and certainly not because of the values attached to the individual. For if we decide to love a person purely based on values, justifications and reasons, the person can be easily replaced by another individual who possesses the same characteristics and values that the person has affixed to the supposed "beloved-. Moreover, Snow Goose has showed me that one does not love a person because of what he/she can get out of the relationship but rather it is what one can give and offer to the other. As exemplified by Frith in the story, she still chose to love Rhayader despite his incongruous appearance. In spite the fact that there was nothing physically loveable about him, Frith was able to see through his goodness. And although there was nearly nothing she would gain out of her visits to the grotesque looking person, that fact did not stop her from continually journeying to his place.
Love is sacrifice. ... Love also is sacrifices and compromises. Sacrifice is something, which a person gives up that they value and treasure in order to gain the person's love. Fore example, in a romantic movie, were a girl leaves her parents so she can be with the boy who she loves and is willing to spend her whole entire life with him, is called sacrificing. She is sacrificing her family for her love. ...
Meaning of love It is truly difficult to write about love. ... For Romeo and Juliet love means a strong connection between them as well as sacrificing their lives because they cannot be in this world separated from each other. What is love? ... For them love is not blind, they know who they are and it does not stop them from being together: "If love is blind, love cannot find its way" says one of characters in the play. ... Have you ever considered sacrificing your life in the name of love? ...
The Bible advocates this type of love: "Love thy neighbour." ... Another love is family devotion (Storge) which is a much stronger love than agape; it is an unconditional love for one's family. ... When a person states that he/she is "in love," he/she is referring to the ultimate love: romantic love (Eros). ... It is a primarily a pleasurable emotion, which seems to depend upon a certain sense of benevolent impulse, a desire for society of the beloved: and this element may predominate over the former, and even conflict with it, so that the true interests of the beloved may be sacrifice...
Throughout the plays sacrifice is explored. ... I think that the sacrifice that God made to have us created was the biggest one of all because without this sacrifice there would be no man thus any sacrifices to be done. ... God made the first blood sacrifice. ... Abel had a kind and humble nature; he brought his offering from a pure heart, with love and faith, with prayer for mercy and hope in the mercy of God; God accepted the sacrifice of Abel and its smoke rose into Heaven. ... He offered his sacrifice only out of habit, without love and fear of God. ...
The Cavalier poets, John Donne, Sir John Suckling, Andrew Marvell, and Robert Suckling, claim that people must sacrifice some part of themselves so that they could experience love, whether it be romantic, sexual, or religious love. ... The man is so upset that this woman does not love him, that he is sacrificing his appearance. ... The reader understands that the lover has now sacrificed his personality and he cannot be himself unless he obtains the romantic love of this certain woman. In this poem, a lover has sacrificed his persona, happiness with life, and his appearance in order to acqui...
The famous opening line reveals themes which include suffering, love, and tyranny, all of which become evident as the novel unfolds. ... In A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Darnay, Doctor Manette, and Sydney Carton effectively prove the notion that sacrifice is a crucial part of achieving happiness in life and the best way to express love for one another. ... His unconditional love for Lucie is so vast that he is willing to die for her. ... Sydney sacrifices his life out of love and so that others may live. Not only do these actions result in long-term happiness, but Charles, Doctor Manette, an...
., Enkidu makes sacrifices like every person has in their past to better themselves. ... This is one of the biggest sacrifices Enkidu has to make. ... Even though Enkidu made a sacrifice there is always something to gain from a sacrifice. ... The harlot not only made Enkidu sacrifice his simple life she also taught him about love and lust, making his heart more receptive to mercy. ... The sacrifices Enkidu made did have an unexpected return at the end. ...
Aztec Religion and Sacrifice In the years before the Spanish conquest in the early 1500's, the Aztecs of Mexico ritually sacrificed at least 20,000 people per year. ... The act of sacrifice involved a hierarchy: the gods offered to, the performers of sacrifice, and the victims of sacrifice. ... The Aztecs used war and crime as a way to find captives for sacrifice and cannibalism. ... The Aztecs zealous ways and profuse amount of sacrifice shows the adamancy of the Aztec's religion. ... Someone once wrote, "If you were to destroy in mankind the belief of immortality, not onl...
Often, people will perform selfless acts for the ones they love. ... An examination of emotional, physical and spiritual sacrifice reveals several ways people often act to protect the ones they love. ... In the novel, Katniss and Peeta make many inspirational emotional sacrifices for the ones they love, and to help them survive. ... Surely, emotional sacrifice is only one form of sacrifice which can make people perform selfless acts for the ones they love. ... Emotional, Physical and Spiritual sacrifice are examples of how you can show selflessness by not only thinking about yourself, but oth...
Often, people will perform selfless acts for the ones they love. ... An examination of emotional, physical and spiritual sacrifice reveals several ways people often act to protect the ones they love. ... In the novel, Katniss and Peeta make many inspirational emotional sacrifices for the ones they love, and to help them survive. ... Surely, emotional sacrifice is only one form of sacrifice which can make people perform selfless acts for the ones they love. ... Emotional, Physical, and Spiritual sacrifice are examples of how you can show selflessness by not only thinking about yourself but oth...
