The phrase "unconditional love" is redundant. There is no such thing as "conditional love" because by the definition of love, love cannot be conditional. Love is defined as follows: "Love is not the fuzzy feeling for another being but rather the willing and eager extension of one's self or personhood in the selfless and often difficult or inconvenient service of another and for the cause of another, usually for the spiritual development of said other, or for the other's health or well-being, said extension being in no case selfish, so much so that any selfishness involved describes not love but obsession, which masquerades as love and may sometimes only be distinguished from love by the presence of selfishness itself." It is amazing to me that love actually needs a definition. That definition of love, by the way, shows that 90% of the time, when someone says "I love you" they are lying. Usually what they mean is "I'm selfishly obsessed with you and want you for my own selfish purposes; I want to use you for my own benefit."
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Just happened upon your journal (found the link in aol community) and I must say these words were a real eye opener. Thank you. I needed to hear...
Michelle
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