Love Is Just A Four-Letter Word
"I love you ..."
Have you ever wondered how many times you have said those three magic words? More than once, surely. More than a hundred, probably. More than many thousands, possibly.
I must admit that I have difficulty with the word, "love."
The thing is that love is love. It's a single word. It should have a specific, single meaning, but like so many words in our language, it has all these variations. And what crazy variations.
Love your dog or cat? Of course. Love your children? Of course. Love your mother and father? Hopefully. Same feeling in every case? Of course not.
"Love ... " A simple four-letter word, and yet so imprecise because it has so many different meanings in so many different contexts. One moment it defines one feeling; the next moment it defines another feeling. And on and on it goes.
So, when you say, "I love you" to your lover, what are you saying? When does that word, "love," suddenly become more than what it meant when you crooned, "I love you, Booboo," to your cocker spaniel or your calico pussy?
"I love you ..."
Have you ever wondered how many times you have said those three magic words? More than once, surely. More than a hundred, probably. More than many thousands, possibly.
I must admit that I have difficulty with the word, "love."
The thing is that love is love. It's a single word. It should have a specific, single meaning, but like so many words in our language, it has all these variations. And what crazy variations.
Love your dog or cat? Of course. Love your children? Of course. Love your mother and father? Hopefully. Same feeling in every case? Of course not.
"Love ... " A simple four-letter word, and yet so imprecise because it has so many different meanings in so many different contexts. One moment it defines one feeling; the next moment it defines another feeling. And on and on it goes.
So, when you say, "I love you" to your lover, what are you saying? When does that word, "love," suddenly become more than what it meant when you crooned, "I love you, Booboo," to your cocker spaniel or your calico pussy?
Great title and post !
ReplyDeleteSometimes you feel love around you and you don't need to say it...
"Sometimes you feel love around you and you don't need to say it..."
DeleteThat's the sign of true love ...
i don't...nopes...i can count on my fingers the number of people and the number of times i have said it ....
ReplyDeleteThen it obviously has a special and important meaning to you ... I guess it's not a word we should throw about as often as some of us do ...
Deletereminds me of an allison kraus song,,,,,you say it best when you say nothing at all.....hopefully its said with importance :)
ReplyDeleteYes, sometimes words get in the way ... :o}
Delete"So, when you say, "I love you" to your lover, what are you saying?"
ReplyDeleteI'm saying that he is my heart, my passion, and I can't imagine my life without him in it.
Well, that works ... ;o}
Deletefor me love is a feeling that has different degrees, like a stove top dial low up to high "I love photography" would be low on the dial and saying "I love you" to a person would be high
ReplyDeletewe have words to describe emotions, but the words don't always do their job properly or fully
some other languages have more than one word for love
I like your stove-top analogy ... and yes, love for another person would definitely be a high heat ... with some sizzzzle ... ;o}
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