I really
feel confused whether I love him/her or like him/her. This is probably one of
the prime time issues of the human species. Let’s try exploring it to a deeper
level.So, to begin with, how do you distinguish whether it is love
or like? Before I try and differentiate it, you need to ask yourself what love
means for you? You might feel both have a very marginal difference but it is
completely different. One can like an object or any non living substance
because it has temporary existence and so is the feeling. Likes will fluctuate
and differ with your tastes. Liking is a simple activity because it lacks
emotions. To explain it further, our memories help in formulating our emotion.
Emotions can’t be judged because it is personal in nature. What is right for me
might be bizarre for you. Liking is a kind of reflex activity which is sudden,
unplanned and triggers from within you. As a result, you will end up loving the
body of the person. There is no quest to know the soul within the body because
pleasure is already gained. You ended up calling it love because physical needs
coupled with the desire for the opposite sex were fulfilled and satisfaction
was attained. ‘Like’ can lead you to ‘love’ but the road to ‘love’ aren’t merely
attaining satisfaction but the ultimate bliss is realizing happiness.
I often hear the phrase ‘true love’ from a lot of people. Can
‘love’ be false?
One need to understand that love is angelic. Love is divine.
It comes with no terms and conditions. Love makes you feel God. It enhances
your personality. Love is simply meant to be loved. You can’t hate love because
it is love. Love knows no jealousy because it doesn’t want any possession nor
seeks for it. Love can forgive because love knows no anger. Love is happiness,
bliss, euphoria elation and delight. Love is loved because it needs no reason.
Love is selfless. If by loving someone you expect return gifts, then it is
called trading, purely an activity of commerce! So, should I call love as an illusion which doesn’t
exist in reality? Is it a hypothesis? Love smiles and offers a reply, “Hope is
my companion. I never lose because hope never loses hope.”
“I can’t like you because you are worst, you can cause
volcano even if that reads extinct. You can cause tsunami even on low tides.
And these are the reasons I love you because i never saw somebody as
devastating creature as you!”
