Why Do We Need Love?
I believe humans inherently have a tendency of being pulled towards melancholy rather than happiness. Happiness as many philosophers conclude, is flotsam on an ocean floor. Love is blissful in its presence and devastating in its absence.
Crudely put, love isn't eternal as poetry portrays it to be. Sadness is eternal. And if sadness was a fire stove, we are flies who love to bask in its heat. We fly around in the warmth called love and get consumed in the flames once we get too close to the flare.
In essence, love makes our world go around. We love people, religion, things and even the possibility of an afterlife. Our eternal struggles with the offshoots of love keep us running. Without love, we don't have a purpose in life. We would be the chocolate cake left intact, the idea which no one prescribed to; a wasted spirit.
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...and who would leave a chocolate cake intact?!
Nice post, I posted something about unrequited love last week - you might enjoy it:
https://steemit.com/love/@unclehermit/can-you-truly-love-someone-who-doesn-t-love-you-back
Exactly my point! ;) And a great post on unrequited love. Following you for more!
Definitely pulled towards melancholy. Could we feel love without melancholy and being sad?
I've wondered if it is possible @m31. But from my own experience and some derived ones from friends and family, I somehow think the idea is kinda utopian.