Valentines day is nearing so I thought I can share some of my thoughts about the theme for which its celebrated.
The dictionary meaning of all these words are as follows…
LOVE: Have a great affection or liking for
ATTRACTION: The quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts
INFATUATION: Temporary love of an adolescent
Although the dictionary meaning is quite simple, its not so easy for us to understand it. These three words express more of an emotional experience than the simple meaning which is told above. Lets see them one by one ….
Love: This whole world of Literature is dependant on this, if this word was not there in English then English literature would not have been as it is today. From Shakespeare era to the modern poets everybody uses this word. The filming industry (Hollywood and Bollywood) is making good profits each year by releasing new blockbusters because of this word LOVE. The whole of mankind is alive, happy and enjoying because of LOVE also mankind is waging war among themselves because of the same LOVE.
So what’s LOVE all about?
Love is a selfless feeling, a belief, an impression which no one can change within us. Its like an uninterrupted flow which is always pure. People who envy our love try to make the flow impure by polluting our beliefs with unwanted pollutants but if we keep our mind and will strong then nobody can shake the foundation of our belief and our love will always be pure. True Love is very difficult to get and also to give. Very few people are privileged with true love from their loved ones. Love cannot be given under any compulsion or bondage, it’s a feeling and it will automatically flow once your mind and heart agrees to do so.
People who show love should also express it then only the purpose is achieved. Love can be reached and felt only if one shows and the other acknowledge that Love has reached him or her.
ATTRACTION: This is not so complex feeling as that of love, attraction is like a flash of the camera. It’s a common feeling among all living beings, the sunflower gets attracted to the sun. The bees gets attracted to the beautiful rose. Attraction is more like a small chemical reaction in the brain for some external stimulus. Guys get attracted to beautiful girls and similarly girls gets attracted to handsome guys. Human beings gets attracted to non living things too like many girls getting attracted to their soft toys (The famous Teddy bear, the Tweety bird) and on the other hand guys getting attracted to the newest tech stuffs like the I-phone, the new sedan or the new bike in the market.
The state of attraction is just momentary and is short lived. As time ripens the attraction also changes. As a young kid, toys are its major attraction, as a teenage boy, bicycle, motorcycle are the major attraction and as a man, job, social status and good name and fame are the attraction.
If LOVE is considered as the finish line Attraction is the starting point of it..
INFATUATION: This has nothing to do with either LOVE or Attraction. Infatuation is a different feeling altogether. As the baby moves up along the ladder of life it is shaped by its parents, teachers and environment. Once the baby become adult and its secondary sexual characters (like growth of beard and mustache in the case of guys and puberty in case of girls) start to become visible then infatuation will also be visible. During this phase of life a lot of hormonal changes would be taking place in the body and these changes would lead to infatuation among individuals. Its this phase in ones life that a person has to be very careful about because the decisions taken during this phase of life would decide what you will be in future. It is at this stage when kids at home start to speak against their parents and they tend to explore more as they are more curious and want to do things differently and not follow the foot steps of elders.
Generally during this phase kids in college will start to date and mingle with opposite sex and try to explore more and know more, its during this phase these people might take wrong decisions in life if they don’t have proper guidance from elders and their well wishers. In general people who are in this stage should be extra careful about the decisions they take.
In short if LOVE is the finish line, ATTRACTION is the Starting point then INFATUATION is the shortcut and as everybody knows shortcut won't lead to success - LOVE.
The dictionary meaning of all these words are as follows…
LOVE: Have a great affection or liking for
ATTRACTION: The quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts
INFATUATION: Temporary love of an adolescent
Although the dictionary meaning is quite simple, its not so easy for us to understand it. These three words express more of an emotional experience than the simple meaning which is told above. Lets see them one by one ….
Love: This whole world of Literature is dependant on this, if this word was not there in English then English literature would not have been as it is today. From Shakespeare era to the modern poets everybody uses this word. The filming industry (Hollywood and Bollywood) is making good profits each year by releasing new blockbusters because of this word LOVE. The whole of mankind is alive, happy and enjoying because of LOVE also mankind is waging war among themselves because of the same LOVE.
So what’s LOVE all about?
Love is a selfless feeling, a belief, an impression which no one can change within us. Its like an uninterrupted flow which is always pure. People who envy our love try to make the flow impure by polluting our beliefs with unwanted pollutants but if we keep our mind and will strong then nobody can shake the foundation of our belief and our love will always be pure. True Love is very difficult to get and also to give. Very few people are privileged with true love from their loved ones. Love cannot be given under any compulsion or bondage, it’s a feeling and it will automatically flow once your mind and heart agrees to do so.
People who show love should also express it then only the purpose is achieved. Love can be reached and felt only if one shows and the other acknowledge that Love has reached him or her.
ATTRACTION: This is not so complex feeling as that of love, attraction is like a flash of the camera. It’s a common feeling among all living beings, the sunflower gets attracted to the sun. The bees gets attracted to the beautiful rose. Attraction is more like a small chemical reaction in the brain for some external stimulus. Guys get attracted to beautiful girls and similarly girls gets attracted to handsome guys. Human beings gets attracted to non living things too like many girls getting attracted to their soft toys (The famous Teddy bear, the Tweety bird) and on the other hand guys getting attracted to the newest tech stuffs like the I-phone, the new sedan or the new bike in the market.
The state of attraction is just momentary and is short lived. As time ripens the attraction also changes. As a young kid, toys are its major attraction, as a teenage boy, bicycle, motorcycle are the major attraction and as a man, job, social status and good name and fame are the attraction.
If LOVE is considered as the finish line Attraction is the starting point of it..
INFATUATION: This has nothing to do with either LOVE or Attraction. Infatuation is a different feeling altogether. As the baby moves up along the ladder of life it is shaped by its parents, teachers and environment. Once the baby become adult and its secondary sexual characters (like growth of beard and mustache in the case of guys and puberty in case of girls) start to become visible then infatuation will also be visible. During this phase of life a lot of hormonal changes would be taking place in the body and these changes would lead to infatuation among individuals. Its this phase in ones life that a person has to be very careful about because the decisions taken during this phase of life would decide what you will be in future. It is at this stage when kids at home start to speak against their parents and they tend to explore more as they are more curious and want to do things differently and not follow the foot steps of elders.
Generally during this phase kids in college will start to date and mingle with opposite sex and try to explore more and know more, its during this phase these people might take wrong decisions in life if they don’t have proper guidance from elders and their well wishers. In general people who are in this stage should be extra careful about the decisions they take.
In short if LOVE is the finish line, ATTRACTION is the Starting point then INFATUATION is the shortcut and as everybody knows shortcut won't lead to success - LOVE.
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