Love

Love is described as "an intense feeling of deep affection" according to the dictionary. It is a feeling that hits the bottom of your heart when somebody shows his or her care for you. Of all human emotions, the most basic, common, beautiful and controversial one is love. Our entire lives are dominated by this and everything else in life is measured by love. It looks as if we attain everything else in life but failed to attain and gain love, we have failed. From the day a person is born to the day he dies, life seems to be one great journey of giving and receiving love. But do we really know what love is?

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There are of course, various types of love. Maternal love, sibling love, romantic love, self love, love of life, love of money, love of country and even divine love. However, a couple of things seem to be clear. In all the different types of love, there are two elements. One is the object of love and the other the person who loves this object. This strength of the love that the lover has for the beloved is often measured by how much the lover is willing to sacrifice for the beloved. In maternal love, we may be sure that nearly all mothers will willingly sacrifice even their lives for the children. This great love is shown even among animals. It is heartwarming to see animals display maternal love for their young ones.

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Self love is centered on self preservation. All animals have this in them, but strangely enough it is doubtful if all humans have it. Judging from the terrible harm that some humans inflict onto (prep?) themselves, we know that at least some of them hate themselves intensely. We see them commit suicide through various means- like drugs and excessive alcohol- and cause great pain to themselves and even the people around them who loved them. Psychologists have stated that these are normally caused by deep-seated feelings of guilt.

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Romantic love is a great ideal and we see that a lot of it wears thin or out after the initial passion. The number of divorce in the world attests to this. According to research, it has been suggested that only five percent of the human race will ever find true love. Probably far below what we thought we knew or expected. With romantic love being so elusive- if the researchers are right- it seems to be hardly worth pursuing. Yet we do and often become slaves to it.

Another illusive kind of love seems to be divine love. Divine love is described as the love for god. Religious men and women believe that this is the greatest love of all. It has been stated again and again in religious texts that man should love the divine with his whole self and live in the love of the divine- as it is sure to be reciprocated. Again, this type of love is so much spoken about and speculated but very little is really known.

With the whole world engaged in it, in one way or another, almost all the time, it seems a real dilemma that not much is known about it. It defeats analysis and definition. Perhaps that is why Love is so beautiful. V Toh: You have showed some knowledge about the topic. However, the essay can be more coherently written. Use linking words to transit your paragraphs. In addition, you may want to make sure your points are solidly supported by examples.