I came across this article which talks about the meaning of ‘Love’ which I find very meaningful. As the article is originally written in Mandarin, I shall translate and re-post it here. Ownership of the post still remains with the original author i.e. B.L. aka To-Zero.
What is Love?
Ingredients for ‘Love’:
1. Selflessness
2. Accommodation
3. Sacrifice
4. Devotion
Does one have the right to love another when he possesses all the four ingredients? The answer is ‘No’. But why having these four ingredients still doesn’t entitle one to love?
Anyone who is questioned about the meaning of ‘Love’ would easily provide the four ingredients as the answer. If we portray ‘Love’ as a tree, the four ingredients will only be the fruits of the ‘Tree of Love’. Hence, we have all made a grave mistake. We remember only the tastiness of the fruits, but we forgot that the fruits grew on the tree, and the tree was nourished by the roots. If there were not roots, then how would there be fruits?
Since selflessness, accommodation, sacrifice & devotion are but the fruits of the Tree of Love (The tree trunk being ‘courage’), then what is the root? The answer is ‘sincerity’.
‘Sincerity’ is the source of nourishments, with the tree trunk (i.e. courage) as the support for the entire Tree of Love, only then, will the four fruits grow. To love, is a noble act, which most people do not realize! We can selflessly love someone, we can selflessly make sacrifices for someone, we can selflessly accommodate the ones who hurt us, we can selflessly devote ourselves for the ones we love, but all these are not crucial. The crucial thing is how long can the love (relationship) which you have devoted last? Normally, ‘love’ does not last due to the lack of courage to love (only having the roots [sincerity], yet without the trunk [courage], the four fruits of love will never grow). When you are prepared to love a person, you must also be prepared to be hurt.
After a hurtful event, one may start to be afraid of such hurtful experience and without courage, one will not be able to continue loving another person. It is meaningless to love a person and then give it up halfway. True love is regardless of how painful and hurtful things can be, you will still continue to love the person whom you have always loved even though the person hurts you, to love for the sake of loving, and hoping your love ones live happily.
Such people have tremendous amount of courage to love, because they understand the need to love until the end of time, and they have also prepared themselves for the pain which may come during the journey of loving someone. Only by having such courage, can they love the ones they care forever. Only by having such courage, can one truly understand the true meaning of selflessness, accommodation, sacrifice & devotion.
Now, which type of person are you?
Related Links:
- 愛的根本元素(被人們遺忘的愛之秘密關鍵) = B.L. aka To-Zero (Original Author)
- 心的报告4(爱之树）by B.L = pcbon (Adapted Post)
- 万莉对我说爱
- 放手
- 顺其自然 / 随缘
************Original Post by BL aka To-Zero**************
愛的元素一:無私
愛的元素二:包容
愛的元素三:付出
愛的元素四:奉獻
綜合以上四個就算有了愛的資格了嗎?不,還不夠資格!為甚麼?不是說愛是付出,無私,包容和奉獻嗎?這四個我都已經具備了啊?為甚麼還不具資格去愛人?
問問一下你身邊的人愛是甚麼?以上四元素的解答應該很容易就出來!可是以上四元素只是"愛之樹"的果實,我們都犯了一個通病,就是品嘗水果之時只記住水果 的鮮甜美味,卻忘了水果是樹上生長的,而樹木是靠根部滋養的,沒有了根的滋養,樹哪能生出果實來!
那麼既然無私,包容,付出,奉獻都只是愛之樹的果實(愛之樹的樹身是"勇氣"),那麼愛之樹的根又是甚麼呢?其實很簡單,愛之樹的根就是"真心" 樹根"
真心"是養分的來源,再加上樹之身"勇氣"去支持整棵"愛之樹",愛之樹的四大果實才能結出來,讓別人享用! 去愛人是一件很神聖的事,很多人並不知道!我們可以很容易無私地愛人,無私地為所愛的人付出,無私地包容傷害我們的人,無私地為所愛的人奉獻,但是這一切 一切皆不是關鍵!關鍵在於你所付出的愛能不能持久? 而不能持久的愛往往是因為少了一份愛人的勇氣(只有樹根"真心",若無法生出樹身"勇氣",愛之四大果實將無法生出來),當你準備去愛人的時候,你就必須 做好被傷害的準備.
普通人往往一次,兩次的傷害不打緊,但是沒了勇氣你就無法承受這些傷害,無法再繼續愛人!愛人只愛到一半就放棄了,這種愛人的方式一點 意義也沒有! 真正的愛是不管你受到多大的打擊和傷害,你還是會不顧一切的去愛那些所有你愛但卻又傷害你的人,目的只是為去愛人而愛人,希望自己所愛的人都能帶著祝福好 好的活著,此類人都帶著無比的勇氣去愛人,因為他們知道愛人就要愛到底,也早已為在愛人的過程當中可能受到的傷害做好準備,這樣才能持久地去愛自己所要愛 的人! 這樣有勇氣的去愛人才是真正地無私,包容,付出和奉先,也才有意義! 現在就問問你自己,你是屬於哪一樣?
What is Love?
Ingredients for ‘Love’:
1. Selflessness
2. Accommodation
3. Sacrifice
4. Devotion
Does one have the right to love another when he possesses all the four ingredients? The answer is ‘No’. But why having these four ingredients still doesn’t entitle one to love?
Anyone who is questioned about the meaning of ‘Love’ would easily provide the four ingredients as the answer. If we portray ‘Love’ as a tree, the four ingredients will only be the fruits of the ‘Tree of Love’. Hence, we have all made a grave mistake. We remember only the tastiness of the fruits, but we forgot that the fruits grew on the tree, and the tree was nourished by the roots. If there were not roots, then how would there be fruits?
Since selflessness, accommodation, sacrifice & devotion are but the fruits of the Tree of Love (The tree trunk being ‘courage’), then what is the root? The answer is ‘sincerity’.
‘Sincerity’ is the source of nourishments, with the tree trunk (i.e. courage) as the support for the entire Tree of Love, only then, will the four fruits grow. To love, is a noble act, which most people do not realize! We can selflessly love someone, we can selflessly make sacrifices for someone, we can selflessly accommodate the ones who hurt us, we can selflessly devote ourselves for the ones we love, but all these are not crucial. The crucial thing is how long can the love (relationship) which you have devoted last? Normally, ‘love’ does not last due to the lack of courage to love (only having the roots [sincerity], yet without the trunk [courage], the four fruits of love will never grow). When you are prepared to love a person, you must also be prepared to be hurt.
After a hurtful event, one may start to be afraid of such hurtful experience and without courage, one will not be able to continue loving another person. It is meaningless to love a person and then give it up halfway. True love is regardless of how painful and hurtful things can be, you will still continue to love the person whom you have always loved even though the person hurts you, to love for the sake of loving, and hoping your love ones live happily.
Such people have tremendous amount of courage to love, because they understand the need to love until the end of time, and they have also prepared themselves for the pain which may come during the journey of loving someone. Only by having such courage, can they love the ones they care forever. Only by having such courage, can one truly understand the true meaning of selflessness, accommodation, sacrifice & devotion.
Now, which type of person are you?
Related Links:
- 愛的根本元素(被人們遺忘的愛之秘密關鍵) = B.L. aka To-Zero (Original Author)
- 心的报告4(爱之树）by B.L = pcbon (Adapted Post)
- 万莉对我说爱
- 放手
- 顺其自然 / 随缘
************Original Post by BL aka To-Zero**************
愛的元素一:無私
愛的元素二:包容
愛的元素三:付出
愛的元素四:奉獻
綜合以上四個就算有了愛的資格了嗎?不,還不夠資格!為甚麼?不是說愛是付出,無私,包容和奉獻嗎?這四個我都已經具備了啊?為甚麼還不具資格去愛人?
問問一下你身邊的人愛是甚麼?以上四元素的解答應該很容易就出來!可是以上四元素只是"愛之樹"的果實,我們都犯了一個通病,就是品嘗水果之時只記住水果 的鮮甜美味,卻忘了水果是樹上生長的,而樹木是靠根部滋養的,沒有了根的滋養,樹哪能生出果實來!
那麼既然無私,包容,付出,奉獻都只是愛之樹的果實(愛之樹的樹身是"勇氣"),那麼愛之樹的根又是甚麼呢?其實很簡單,愛之樹的根就是"真心" 樹根"
真心"是養分的來源,再加上樹之身"勇氣"去支持整棵"愛之樹",愛之樹的四大果實才能結出來,讓別人享用! 去愛人是一件很神聖的事,很多人並不知道!我們可以很容易無私地愛人,無私地為所愛的人付出,無私地包容傷害我們的人,無私地為所愛的人奉獻,但是這一切 一切皆不是關鍵!關鍵在於你所付出的愛能不能持久? 而不能持久的愛往往是因為少了一份愛人的勇氣(只有樹根"真心",若無法生出樹身"勇氣",愛之四大果實將無法生出來),當你準備去愛人的時候,你就必須 做好被傷害的準備.
普通人往往一次,兩次的傷害不打緊,但是沒了勇氣你就無法承受這些傷害,無法再繼續愛人!愛人只愛到一半就放棄了,這種愛人的方式一點 意義也沒有! 真正的愛是不管你受到多大的打擊和傷害,你還是會不顧一切的去愛那些所有你愛但卻又傷害你的人,目的只是為去愛人而愛人,希望自己所愛的人都能帶著祝福好 好的活著,此類人都帶著無比的勇氣去愛人,因為他們知道愛人就要愛到底,也早已為在愛人的過程當中可能受到的傷害做好準備,這樣才能持久地去愛自己所要愛 的人! 這樣有勇氣的去愛人才是真正地無私,包容,付出和奉先,也才有意義! 現在就問問你自己,你是屬於哪一樣?
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