What is love? Baby, Don't Hurt Me!

This is something that was shared with me awhile ago. It is good "Food for Thought."

Can you raed tihs? Olny srmat poelpe can. I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig, huh? Yaeh, and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt.

What an incredible mind God gave us humans - eh? Scientists estimate that the human brain calculates roughly 100 trillion calculations per second! So no wonder we can burn through a paragraph without even needing all the letters. We actually have the mental capacity to 'fix' the letters in each word so it ends up sounding right in our minds.

Ah - but then there are the times when we often turn off our brains because a word or concept comes along that we just can't get our minds around.

And that word or concept would be...Trigonometry? Nope.....Physics? Nah.

Rocket Science? Piece of cake actually - compared to this subject, Goddesses.

LOVE... Wouldn't you agree? Like the paragraph above, it oftentimes is a jumbled mess...but one that even our awesome brains can't figure out. Think about it. I love Monster Drinks, I love Rock-n-Roll, I love sunny days, and I love my wife. If you Google 'definition: love,' you'll get around 50,900,000 returns.

Exactly. That's why the extremely smart folks called the Ancient Greeks had four different words for love - so they could tell the difference and not end up in an emotional ditch because of all the confusion. They made sure that when you said you 'love' someone, there were clear lines between sexual attraction, friendship, or even a non-emotional commitment to seek someone's highest good.

Have you ever been in the emotional ditch? Yeah, me too. Probably because you said you loved someone - meaning you had strong feelings for them as a person and you wanted the best for them. Then they said they loved you - meaning as long as you made them happy, were good looking, or put out physically for them. Am I wrong?

Let me offer the true definition of love from the Author of love.

This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you.

Love does no wrong to others, so love fulfills the requirements of God's law.

For you have been called to live in freedom, my brothers and sisters. But don't use your freedom to satisfy your selfish nature. Instead, use your freedom to serve one another in Love.

The Four Loves: agape | storge | philia | eros......

Peace, Love and Blessings,