Love is defined as “having a great affection or liking for” and affection is defined as a “positive feeling of liking” and “liking” is nothing but a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment.
After knowing these definitions my understanding of life seems so clear. I always thought love is “selflessly caring for another person for who they are”, though it is in some cases is true but in most it is not. My definition of love is very rare to find and some people do find it in their mothers, fathers, grand parents, siblings, wives, etc. you may have thought people love you but there is always a reason why they love you. The love I am talking about doesn’t need a reason, if there is a reason why a person loves you then it is not really “selflessly caring” is it! That person has a selfish motive and hence you can satisfy it and so that person loves you. That person will continue to love till the motive is satisfied (if you fail in satisfying it then you are absolutely worthless to that person). In almost all the cases love is just selfish satisfaction of motives.
It really saddens me to know that what I thought my whole life is all a lie. I have been looking at people from this angle and everything makes so much of sense now.
I am not a hypocrite, even I do not love anyone selflessly. But it is difficult to face the truth which I recently realized.
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