Explore the different realms of love
Begin with an open mind as
you accept the challenge to explore the different kinds of love. Start with the
concept of romantic love where two people meet and gradually or suddenly, fall
in love. Romantic love has a high degree of passion as the two people come to
know each other and become one. There is culmination in a marital relationship
and conjugal love. In a true, romantic love relationship, the passion and
romance can continue for many years.
Address the different aspects of love in life
Different kinds of love
affect us in different ways. What is the most important of all is the reality
that they do affect us in one way or another. Parental love is another kind of
love that begins to surface when a child is born to a couple. Maternal love
enables the mother to carry an unborn child to full term and bring it to birth
with joy and a sense of celebration, in spite of the pain of childbirth.
Paternal love is the love of a father for his child.
Understand that love is always new
When we understand that love
is always new and ever renewing, we begin to understand some of the basic
features of the face of love. Familial love is manifest in the nurturing of a
child or children by parents and other family members, as a baby begins to grow
and develop. When there is more than one child, the nurturing of the siblings
includes teaching them to love one another. This is brotherly love or sisterly
love.
Be prepared to let your horizons of love expand
Each horizon of love will
expand. When we see a young child, we wonder which direction his or her
multiplicity of pathways will lead. What does love hold for him or her? We
cannot necessarily look into the future and find the answer. This child will
encounter many different kinds of love in his or her lifetime. Initially for
him or her, it will be child's love directed towards the love of his or her
mother, father and then others.
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