Love: The Meaning Of Love In The World

Love
From the beginning of time to the present day, the definition of love is debated and discussed by the greatest scholars of every generation. Created with shaping the world as we know it, love is well known to have given the human race unknown joy alongside indescribable death and destruction across the geographical landscape. As I further researched the meaning, I came to realize that isolating love into a small realm is nearly impossible for even the most intelligent of authors. Religious zealots, wives, children, sports teams, and historical figures all experience love in a different magnitude. According to Merriam Webster’s dictionary, “Love is defined as feeling great affection, pleasure, or desire for a person or object.” By

Commonplace teachings in the Protestant religion display the sacrifices of God in love to ensure there is an afterlife for the human race. Though peaceful in nature, this loving teaching led to great wars, such as the Crusades to Jerusalem, among the different races and religions throughout history in Europe and Asia. Religious zealots often conducted different wars of love on their own population. In an effort to cleanse the sins of the wicked, tactics of torture and embarrassment such as public beatings, stoning, and shamed walks in the nude down city streets were just a few of the many undertakings of these extremists. Closer to the present day, we still find fanatical people from many countries giving the world their own special gift in the spirit of love through their religion. Bearing a heavy toll in this never ending battle, terrorists such as the recent suicide bombers in France continue to escalate their ideals and religious devotion of love to their

Assisted through the genetic nature of man and woman to reproduce, meaningful devotion to someone of the opposite sex is love in its more rewarding and challenging form. When you find the right individual, the emotions triggered can provide a reaction that can never be repeated. As in many stories of the past, such some written by Shakespeare, real love between a man and woman is able to overcome any challenge or obstacle laid before it. One of the most famous being the story of Romeo and Juliet, where family hatred could not halt the magic and desire between a man and woman who found their destiny with each other. Tragically the story ends with the irony that the pure joy of love between them never fully was achieved as death was their reward. Unfortunately, this foreshadowing is a whimsical representation of the relationships of couples today. With the ever increasing divorce rate, I see a redefining of this form of love for future generations. As the bond between man and woman is quickly eroded with minute effort, the challenge of maintaining an intimate loving relationship with a single person today is truly the most significant obstacle for society in general moving