The greatest thing you'll ever learn in life...
...is to love and be loved in return?
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howaminotmyself
I never learned how to love, it is instinctual. There are also several different types of love. Learning the difference between them is useful. Maybe not the greatest thing ever but quite useful.
I can't say what is the greatest, it would be different for each individual. I do think tolerance is pretty great to learn. That is far more valuable than love. Love can make people do crazy things.
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ArmusWasTheFirstTroll
Love is a selfish and complacent means to achieve happiness. A better thing to learn is that the earth we live on and that many of the people that inhabit it are amazing and capable of so much. We should do everything in our power to improve both. And the greatest means to that end is knowledge.
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[Old Memory]
I agree. There are much more things people should be focus on than indulging in their feelings, which are usually a waste of time and just cause problems. Maintaining the planet for the future is one of the most important things we can do.
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dom180
A thumb down isn't something to get bothered about or take as a personal insult. It isn't something that person needs to justify.
I can only speak for myself, but I thought the first sentence of your first comment had an excessively judgmental tone to it (probably more so than you intended it to be), and I'm not surprised someone thumbed it down. For the record, I agree with a lot of what you said in your other comment on this thread, which I think was a lot more grounded and reasonable.
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ArmusWasTheFirstTroll
I wasn't insulted. In person, one would not dare to disagree with another without sharing their refutation. It would be considered immature.
I do agree that my first sentence was condescending. Had someone thumbed me down and said, "stop acting superior and cunty" that would have been something to grasp. It would have caused me to reconsider my tone. Which you did do and I thank you.
Perhaps I'm just annoyed because I believe what I said deserved more of a response than "I disagree."
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dom180
A thumbs down doesn't necessarily mean they disagree with the sentiment. It means they disapprove of your comment. That's a completely different thing. It could just as easily mean that they took offense to your attitude, or thought your language was confusing, or anything else.
Anyway, I think I would disagree in person, even if I didn't have a reason. There's nothing "immature" about it. There are countless times where I've thought and said something to the effect of "I disagree, but don't want to argue further/can't explain why right now/etc.". A gut reaction can be a very complicated thing. It might be rooted in totally valid reasoning, even if you can't work out how to do that reasoning justice. I think you're asking far too much of other people if you genuinely demand them to be able to explain all their gut feelings or else shut up. Everyone has gut reactions they can't explain succinctly, and I'm sure you're not an exception.
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thegypsysailor
Love is not something one learns, it is something one feels. An infant can love, with no thought, as can a dog. It is interesting that you do not understand this.
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sulli94
Try to make yourself happy. But you know, as long as it doesn't involve things that can get you incarcerated or anything.
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VirgilManly
The greatest thing to ever learn in life...
...Never try shaving a body part on a moving aircraft.
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1badassog&AA
The greatest thing that you can learn is that YOU are love ALL of it! EVERYTHING else is an illusion! YOU are Infinite, Immortal, and Unlimited. If YOU KNOW that YOU can or believe that YOU can't either way your right! Love takes on infinite number of expressions but there is only "One Love"! True love is always given unconditionally without ANY reservation or expectation! THAT is the love I offer to you all! It is whole, and completely, beautiful so take of it whatever you need. It can be divided infinitely and will ALWAYS be whole. KNOWING this truth Priceless! Love and Light
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MeowMeowMeowMeowMeow
Basically; yes. Not learning the FEELING of love (because THAT is very much instinct), but learning to EXPRESS it and harness it so that it doesn't slip away before you can fully experience it.
I would agree. Tough lessons in life that we all must learn.. some the easy way, others the HARD way.
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PieGoblin^^
I concur. What is anything in life even worth if you don't have someone to love, who loves you back in return?
I feel as though nothing one acheives in life really matters unless they have someone to share it with. Sure, it might make one hell of a difference to someone if they acheive great things, but its sort of depressing going home to an empty bed at night with nothing but your accomplishments to keep you company.
I don't have any huge acheivements, I haven't got a fancy college degree, I don't have some important or fulfilling career, but I have the love of my life by my side every evening to curl up to and share my thoughts with, and that to me means more than any possessions or accoplishments.
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ArmusWasTheFirstTroll
So Tesla's life was meaningless to you? A man that chose to die a virgin because he believed it would keep him from reaching his goal; to make life easier for the masses. It's not about accomplishment, it's about improvement of the species.
To settle with love as your end is lazy because you are only relying on an evolutionary urge to create your happiness. People are complacent with this form of happiness because it is easy to achieve. Conversely, Tesla was able to fight against biological impulses. Using intellect, he sacrificed his own pleasure for the benefit of many. There is something that is so beautiful about humanity, we can choose to go against instinct.
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derpyderp
+1.
I'm jealous.
I have a metric shitload of possessions & I'd give them all up for the right person...Comment Hidden ( show )
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