I have been a little obsessed lately with the idea of unconditional love. I am always surprised at how much it is talked about, yet many people struggle to define what it means.
I believe that this idea is very important in our modern world and we should all strive to practice it more often. But then again, there could be some problems with this concept if practiced too often, based on my opinion.
A definition of unconditional love is the thought that you have a bond with another person that does not depend on reciprocation for either sorrow or happiness.
If a person only expects to be loved in return and not necessarily in the same way, then it would seem to make it more difficult to love others too.
This could cause the idea of unconditional love to be a bad thing because someone might be unable to show their affection for others in return.
As I thought more about this, my brain kept going back to the idea of unconditional love being a bad thing. Then it made me wonder what would happen if someone showed their unconditional love too often. After thinking about this and getting nowhere, I decided to look at the opposite side of the coin.
I wanted to see if there were any benefits to practicing unconditional love regularly.
I believe that despite its problems, in theory, unconditional love is a healthy thing for us to practice daily.
When you can do this, it can make you a more loving person, a better lover, friend, and family member.
I also think that it will allow you to have a happier life. When there is love in your heart for everyone around you, it allows you to be less concerned about yourself and more generous with the people you care about.
While we must practice unconditional love, I believe that we need to keep some healthy limitations on the idea. We should not let it take over our lives, because unconditional love is still a good idea, but it is not something that we should become overly attached to.
I believe that there are benefits to practicing unconditional love regularly, but we need to be careful about neglecting ourselves.
There would be no reason for us to feel joy and satisfaction in our lives if we did not have someone important in our lives.
We would always be missing what needed to be done without realizing it on the surface.
A great benefit of practicing unconditional love is that it helps us feel loved. I think that this is probably the main reason we want to practice it; we want to feel loved by someone.
It seems that we are searching for a way to give our hearts back to someone else, and then they will be able to love us too. But this is not something that will ever happen without some help from God.
When we feel loved by God and know that he is watching over us, it changes our perspective on life. With this in mind, we can love others more freely.
I think that this comes into play, even more, when we know that God loves us despite what we have done in the past.
When you learn to give your life back to him, you are freed up to love him and others around you.
I truly believe that practicing unconditional love is one of the best ways for you and your loved ones to find true happiness.
I hope you enjoyed this article and that it was able to give you some food for thought.
This blog post was based on my opinion.
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This post was previously published on medium.com.
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