Posted by storm on November 4, 2001, at 22:05:25
In reply to What is unconditional love?, posted by Rosa on November 2, 2001, at 7:12:07
Unconditional love is truly loving someone without expecting anything in return.
I know I was and still am loved unconditionally by my parents. they may dislike what I do, get angry with me, but they never stop loving me for a second. love is an action in most ways; it is putting someone else first, doing all you can for them or the action of leaving them when it is best. you do what is for their benefit. sometimes loving is leaving someone, if that is best for their life. you can love them from a distance. always hoping the best for them, praying, etc.
sometimes with unconditional love, a person does recieve as much or more love as given. there is a man that I love unconditionally, and he loves me unconditionally. it is a gift from God, I don't know why I have this. I don't believe I deserve something so precious. to me, unconditionally love going both ways is the absolute best gift in the world. neither of us worry about any promises being broken. there are none. but love is there, and we don't ever doubt it will wither. it is something you feel, and something you become so thankful for. it my case, it is trust, trust of committment, understanding. I pray everyone could have such a thing in their life. it is heaven. it is so strong that at times I believe it saved my life. maybe what I have with this man is more than unconditional love, I don't know. I have unconditional love for my parents and them for me, but it isn't so new I suppose. it's something that's come to be expected; yet it is still unconditional as with the man. and there are no sexual feelings, no romance with this man. strictly friendship, and whatever one describes unconditional love as.
I believe that if one loves unconditionally someone that does not return it, it can possibly turn to hurt, to expecting something back. and that would be unhealthy. but if a person truly has unconditional love, no obsessions, no expectations, it is beautiful and good. I suppose it is just that much more difficult to have unconditional love for someone that cannot return even a piece of it. that's the best I can explain it, just my opinions.> How would you describe unconditional love? Is it the ability to give and receive nothing in return? Do you feel you received unconditional love as a child? Have you ever loved someone "unconditionally"?
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