Gaer
"Angel whisperer"
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To LOVE someone?
or
To BE LOVED by someone?
Why?
or
To BE LOVED by someone?
Why?
Which is more important to you?
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SetWave
Well-known Member
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- Monterey Bay
Both go hand in hand.
Ruby Rose
Location: Canadian Prairies
I vote 'to be loved by someone'...which in turn makes you feel good all over...special, etc
Ruth n Jersey
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- Northern New Jersey
I thought long and hard on this one and came to the conclusion as many others did that I can't separate the them.
Murrmurr
SF VIP
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- Sacramento, California
To love someone.
Through your love you can make someone's life better. You can help them love themselves, give them self-confidence, make them feel lovable. That can make them the best person they can be, and a person who knows how to love.
Through your love you can make someone's life better. You can help them love themselves, give them self-confidence, make them feel lovable. That can make them the best person they can be, and a person who knows how to love.
Which is more important to you?
To LOVE someone?or
To BE LOVED by someone?
I've forgotten what either are like now, but If the most beautiful and rich lady wanted to fuss me and feed me, and drive me around in her Porsche, then I'd gladly paint her toenails for her.
asp3
Senior Member
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- Silicon Valley, CA
If I had to choose I'd choose to be loved by someone.
Thankfully I don't have to choose and an fortunate enough to have both at this point in time.
Thankfully I don't have to choose and an fortunate enough to have both at this point in time.
Which is more important to you?
To love someone
Sounds weird, but...
I really don't care if someone loves me
Never really thought much about it
It may be very selfish
Don't know
Never have felt the need
I have, however, enjoyed loving someone
Especially the unlovable
They're like sponges
AnnieA
Well-known Member
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- Down South
Another both vote...
ProTruckDriver
🔶 Cancer Warrior 🔶 USN Retired 1969-1992
I agree. My answer is "Both".
That's cuz we can appreciate it in it's purest form.
Pecos
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- Washington State
Everyone wants to be loved, and I am no different. But after reflecting on this question today, I have concluded that I derive more joy from giving love than receiving it. Giving love is more satisfying because it comes from inside us and we generate it all on our own. It becomes part of our self definition and is not dependent on another person.
Gaer
"Angel whisperer"
- Location
- New Mexico U.S.A.
Pecos, That is an AWESOME reply! Of all of us could learn to generate love and send it out to the world, this Earth would be a wonderful place to inhabit! Mankind would be in bliss!
Aneeda72
Well-known Member
It’s an interesting thread.
I agree with you @Pecos I think loving someone, giving love, is more important and gives greater joy than receiving love.
There is also a spiritual component, IMO. Most of the, hmm, representatives of God on earth of various religions have given love, preached love, while receiving a great deal of hate in return, but still preaching love. Indeed it is a commandment. Certainly, JC preached love and forgiveness.
But the greatest teacher of love in my life, and probably in the entire world is a person with Down Syndrome. Anyone who knows a person with DS realizes they love the whole world unconditionally, and they have cornered the market, so to speak, on forgiveness. They forgive completely and whole heartedly any transgressions against them.
When God made man in his imagine, he must have been thinking of someone with DS, IMO.
fuzzybuddy
SF VIP
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- The Sticks, Northeast PA.
I'd agree, you have to have both. Having one, without the other, is a sick relationship.
Gaer
"Angel whisperer"
- Location
- New Mexico U.S.A.
Gary O: What you wrote is thoughtful, compassionate, benevolant and wise. It refects your beautiful soul.
So very true
It may very well be that they are of the few that see themselves as they are
No self pride
Humility.....genuine humility
Pureness of heart
Ready, complete forgiveness
'Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven'
Someone once asked Billy Graham 'what did Jesus mean by we ought to be poor in spirit and shouldn't we strive to be rich in spirit?' Graham brilliantly responded with the following:
"What did He mean? Simply this:
We must be humble in our spirits. If you put the word “humble” in place of the word “poor,” you will understand what He meant."
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