Love: A decision or a feeling?
All of you have ever experienced both loving and being loved. There have been many opinions about love. Some say itās a feeling. Some say itās a process in the brain. Some donāt even know. Some say love is not to be thought, itās to be felt. And there could be many more of it.
Someone told me that love is a decision. He didnāt agree that love is a feeling, and other silly opinions. On the other side, I agree with him. Love isNOT just aĀ feeling. In fact, the feelings are just side effects. But on the other side, I couldnāt understand what he meant with ādecisionā. I mean, come on! When was the last time we decide to love? Never! Right?
Did your parents decide to love you? No! They just loved you. Does a dog decide to love the puppy? You gotta be kidding me if you say āyesā. Animals donāt decide. Unlike humans, they canāt understand what decision is. So the answer is āNoā. They donāt decide. They just love.Ā
And why is that? It is simply because God is Love! And with this, Love created us, human beings. Love created animals, the plants. It created a world where we can live together in. Havenāt you realized it? Why did It do all those things?
The decision is in the bond. You make decision whether you agree to be bound with your special someone or not. Marriage, thatās decision. Engagement, thatās decision. Being a priest, which means you decide not to marry, thatās also a decision!
I donāt really know what love is. But for me,Ā āLoveā is just a single entity, separated from anything else so that nothing can describe it. Instead, it describes itself in its own way that we humans canāt understand.