Tuesday, March 23, 2010
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I do not think that the emotional pain of loving someone is a coincidence, it's just common sense, really. Opening one's self up leaves you vulnerable. For someone like me, though, who is very skeptical of the idea of love in the first place, those painful feeling are what make the experience significant. If something provokes us to feel that way, then it must mean something important, or at least teach us something. The simple (in my opinion) act of "loving" is not enough to make us feel pain. We feel pain because our feelings are complex, and most likely not just "love".
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I find your idea as to why the pain makes the experience significant very interesting. I agree that when we feel pain we realize the kind of power that someone has over us and just how important that person is to us. I; however, do not agree with your statement that loving is a simple act. I believe that when you love someone there are often many feelings involved. How can something encompassing so many different emotions be simple?
ReplyDeleteYou've got to do more than state your view several different ways--explore it; question it. You seem so certain that "the simple act of loving is not enought to make us feel pain" but offer no explanation.
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