In a perfect world, we would all love perfectly. But what about when love goes wrong? What about when people love selfishly? The most painful experiences can result.
You know, Love's enemies are really pretty easy to identify. Have you ever heard the quote "there's a fine line between love and hate?" Ever wonder what it means? Well, I think it addresses how easily love can become a torrent of negative emotions when it goes wrong. Anger, Bitterness, Resentment, Jealousy- we know them well, and yet we are so prone to harbor these emotions that assault us. You know why? Because those emotions are usually about us- how our needs did not get met, how we were wronged, how we are really vested in our rights before we consider others... When love gets self involved, love goes wrong.
You can love a lot of things and at the end of the day it's all about how those things or people serve you. You can usually measure the extent of your love by those whom you serve.
So talk to me. Maybe you are in the midst of love going wrong right now... how can you make it right, or can you? Maybe you don't know what the h*** to do because you are so confused and entangled. Maybe you've been there and want to share how you got out...
Let's hear it.
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Love does not go wrong, our expectations of love do. Real love is pure, unable to be "wrong". When our experiences or our circumstances define love for us, we can become discouraged or disillusioned with love. But really, love stays the same. Love is always true and pure, because true love is of God and can only be true. Many times I think we define love as feelings. They are 2 different things.
My feelings get disappointed, my "love" is stable in the midst of the disappointment. Aunt Booby
Aunt B:)
I do agree in terms of true love. Love with expectations really is when (what we perceive as) love begins to "go wrong." Your are absoluely right, as true love is not based on emotion. At the point when "love" goes wrong, it is not really love at all. It is sad, however, that many people do not know the difference and that whatever they perceive as love is how they define it- which gives "love" a bad name (so Bon Jovi said it first). Thank you for making the distinction. You are right on.
the fact that you use Bon jovi as a quote illustrates our vast age difference. Although I do rock to fleetwood Mac....
As the Beatles said, "Love is all you need".Aunt B.
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