What is love, you might ask?
Love is a special four-letter word that is used to describe a strong interpersonal affection, pleasure, and or personal attachment that a person has for someone else or something in particular.
Usually, it is said that love cannot be described with exact words but indeed has many words used to describe that unique feeling happens, such as butterflies and warmth. Love can mean different things to different people and everyone expresses their love in different ways.
Love is valued by many different cultures and religions around the world. For example, the ancient Greeks identified with 4 different forms of love: kinship/familiarity, friendship, sexual or romantic desire, and divine love. There are many different thoughts, opinions, and even books about the many rules of love. While they are all true, there are only a few that are the most important to follow daily. These rules are unspoken but generally mutually understood and followed out of love and respect but also to avoid the consequences that follow breaking said rules.
1. Treat others as you would want to be treated
This rule is the first and most important of all because how we treat other people does affect our own life. How people treat other people displays their personality and how they feel about themselves. People that are caring with kind and positive words towards other people tend to get further in life than negative people do. Treating others with compassion and empathy, respect, and encouragement is a virtue. This will lead to more success and even a happier future that can be noticed always and through long lengths of time.
2. Be honest
The second rule of love is the most important for having high principles and morals throughout life. This means not lying to yourself, your partner, or to anyone at all. Consider those you love and hold close as deserving of your truth, whether good or bad.
3. No lies
The third rule is the most important for maintaining healthy and positive relationships throughout life, intimate or platonic. This includes cheating while playing games but also on your partner, with anyone else’s partner, or even when you think no one will know about it. Love involves being honest and having respect for yourself and for all other people around you. Cheating can be hurtful, harmful, damaging, and can cause a bad reputation to be started.
4. Forgiveness
The fourth rule is the one rule that most people have a hard time following because pride and bitterness get in the way. It is often said that Hurt people Hurt people. Do not be those people.
Bitterness for injustices made to or against you only hurt you. Let go of any pain and let the universe deal with those who hurt you.
5. Actions speak louder than words
Yes. Read that again. Now that we have established trust and honesty, it is only fair to actualize your promises to other people, and to yourself. This is also a form of self-care.
Try to stick to your promises and plans. Words are not enough.
