Love

"What We Talk about When We Talk about Love"  was slightly depressing and even a little bit confusing, in my opinion. It was pretty obvious that the more seasoned couple did not have that spark or passion that the other couple still had, and I almost felt that they were getting annoyed with each other more than anything. Who's to say if either couple were really in love though?

What is the definition of love?
Upon looking it up the definition ranged from things like tender, passionate affection for someone to sexual intercourse to concern for others well-being.

I guess we could consider this the world's definition of love. But what is God's definition of love? After all, He is the inventor of love, is He not? I would really like to just have a one on one chat with God. I mean, who doesn't? To be able to have all our questions answered, sounds so good. What would be the point of life then?

Anyway, enough meaningless banter.. back to the story. Mel aggravated me a bit, by the way he talked sometimes. In fact, I feel like the whole story was kind of made to put you on edge. Make you just a little bit frustrated. I mean, they practically opened the story with Terri describing how her ex husband used to abuse her, and then with her and Mel arguing about if it was really love or not. I'm more of a peaceful person by nature, so antagonist don't appeal to me much.

Something else to think about. What is the point of discussing suffering? Does it change the fact that people suffer? Does it make their suffering any less or make them better capable of enduring it? When talking, I like there to be a point at the end of the discussion. I like there to be an action plan to change the suffering we are talking about. I've suffered. Not near as much as others have suffered, and I'm grateful for that. But I'm not foolish in thinking that I will never suffer again either. However, for now, while I'm not suffering, why can't I just enjoy the fact that I'm going through a good season in my life? I'm not saying that just because I'm not suffering at the moment, I don't care about others who are suffering, and wouldn't help them in any way I could. I'm simply saying that I don't want to dwell on the fact that I will suffer again. Is that selfish? Possibly, yes it is.