Why do we as humans place so much emphasis and importance on love?

@Awinds (2468)
United States
July 27, 2011 1:46pm CST
Out of all the emotions and experiences, love is the most esteemed. Consistently throughout the centuries love has been the subject of numerous poems and artworks. Even today the romance genre in fiction is one of the most successful genres worldwide. So what's with the time enduring preoccupation with love? Why do you think so many people and civilizations focus on it so much? What is about love that makes it the most commonly celebrated emotions?
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• Malaysia
28 Jul 11
We as humans have so many rough edges in life. Everywhere there is rush and turmoil. Our inner self is aggresive and full of questions and the only thing which can answer and encounter these ill effects is love. Its the best feeling in the world. But we need to understand here that love can be anything starting from a feeling between a couple to a feeling of a gardener for his plants. Its so huge and vast sector. Love covers most of the answers. thats why its greatly emphasized in all civilizations and cultures.
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@Rick1950 (1576)
• Lima, Peru
28 Jul 11
In my opinion, love is a word that has a wide meaning. It says that love has several levels and its highest expression is charity and mercy. In the first two commandments mentioned love. I think love is the goal to be achieved from humanity.
@Awinds (2468)
• United States
28 Jul 11
Would you say it is hard goal to achieve? :)
@Rick1950 (1576)
• Lima, Peru
28 Jul 11
With the prevailing selfishness in the world, yes. It will take still a long time to achieve that goal.
• United States
28 Jul 11
Simple. It feels sooooooooo good. To be in love and have the person be in love with you is a very sweet , powerful feeling. To love a person is wonderful and to have them love you back is fantastic. And once you have experienced this feeling, many want keep feeling this way for as long as they can.
• United States
28 Jul 11
The strongest natural one!
@celticeagle (166911)
• Boise, Idaho
28 Jul 11
Well, think about it! Preoccupation? If you were all alone. No family, no friends, no pets how sad would that be. Love and people who care about us is a very important part of a human's life. Emotions lead us and keep us going. Without them we would be nothing. Love is the most important one because it makes us all feel apart of the entire world unit and apart of our own circle.
@Awinds (2468)
• United States
28 Jul 11
So would you say love keeps humanity alive? :)
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@celticeagle (166911)
• Boise, Idaho
28 Jul 11
Not necessarily. I just think with out it there would alot more ugliness and life would be devoid of the grace that is love and mercy. There would alot more evil in the world than there is now. Can you imagine that?
@lady1993 (27224)
• Philippines
29 Jul 11
Love can make us do many things.. it even makes some go crazy. It can really wake emotions in people, make them feel inspired, There are lots of different kind of love too which makes it more interesting to explore and study.
@Awinds (2468)
• United States
30 Jul 11
So love is a motivation to great things, eh? :)
@CTHanum (8234)
• Malaysia
27 Jul 11
Hi Awinds! Your question is just the same as what I wonder for a long time. Why we can't get away from LOVE? Everywhere we go LOVE is always the point of discussions. I think it is because we can't separate LOVE with human as it already apart from us. We humans are created by God with it so if we don't have it .....hmmmm.....I can't imagine if we don't have it what is going to happen to the world...I think the world will not be in peaceful and harmony at all.Love play an important role in our lives.(^^)
@CTHanum (8234)
• Malaysia
28 Jul 11
We will be just like a doll with emotionless and no sense. Can't show any emotions and it will be so boring..Opps! we can't feel bored as well~(^^)
@Awinds (2468)
• United States
28 Jul 11
Sounds pretty right to me! Love is a huge motivator in peace - where would we be without it? :)
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@besthope44 (12123)
• India
28 Jul 11
Hi Awinds, I would say love is one of the natural basics to live on earth just like water and air. You can find those without taking love, feel so much sick. Love is a invisible rope which bonds all creatures on earth and makes the earth round about.
@Awinds (2468)
• United States
28 Jul 11
So when people say that people need food, water and shelter to survive, do you think that should be adding love to that list of essentials? :)
@thatgirl13 (7294)
• South Korea
28 Jul 11
Hmm I had never though of this beofre but you are absolutely right!! Well I don't know why but i guess it's the best feeling and people get inspired to write things. haha ok i don't know
• India
27 Jul 11
This is the magic in love! You can never express it by words. And this romance will always keep increasing and attracting youth. Love is the best feeling given by god to humans.
@Awinds (2468)
• United States
27 Jul 11
Is that why there is such an abundance of love related art across every era? People keep trying to express the undefinable? :)
• Philippines
28 Jul 11
It's simply because we are all made of love. We were born in this world because of our parent's love. No human being is born without love. And we bring that love throughout our lives until we die.
@Awinds (2468)
• United States
28 Jul 11
What happens to people who for whatever reason become outcasts and lost their love?
@resutaa (144)
• Philippines
28 Jul 11
It is because love makes the world go round. Everything that we are doing are for love, love of country, nature, family, animals, work, activities, self and God. Love is boundless and endless. Without love their wouldn't be life and humans. For simple things we called tragic like sacrifice its still love on the different way. Love can be bad and good, it just depend on how will gonna use it. Remember our almighty father gave his only son to save us and thats the love we all have today. We live because of love, his love.
@Awinds (2468)
• United States
28 Jul 11
What do you think would happen is there was no love in the world? :)
28 Jul 11
i think maybe because we all want to love and be loved, that's the all common interests of every individual,including pets. and also because if you feel love you're happy and you almost feel complete. even our own system produce that hormones just to feel that... so i think world evolve better because of love.
@Awinds (2468)
• United States
28 Jul 11
Well without, love (which is a motivation for compassion and mercy), this would be a hard world to survive in.
• India
28 Jul 11
According to my view,the answer lies in your question itself.We as humans are gifted with so many qualities when compared to the other living beings.And one such beautiful gift is our heart which has great potential to love.So love people around you and savor the feeling of being loved in return.As the famous saying goes love thy neighbour,love thy self.
@Awinds (2468)
• United States
28 Jul 11
A great reminder - the people we love today may whisked away tomorrow, so love them now. :)
@mmaejm (1)
• Philippines
28 Jul 11
You could not be more right, my friend. But I think you already answered your question. Precisely why love is so enduring an emotion - because it is so mysterious, cannot be defined and fully understood. It's secretive smiles, furtive glances hide so much meaning that we cannot help but become fools in love. I think that human beings are perpetually addicted to those which they cannot explain and THAT is love's secret.
@Awinds (2468)
• United States
28 Jul 11
Love the mysterious, feel good potion that not even science can explain. :) Well we human kind do have a tendency to be attracted to what we can not understand. You have a very good point there! :)
@Jamie911 (104)
• Philippines
27 Jul 11
i think it's because love is what makes us humans, well we have this warm feeling when were in love. we always think of the one we love. love teaches us everything, every emotions;happy, lonely, anger etc. we live to love. do you imagine life without it?
@Awinds (2468)
• United States
27 Jul 11
So love is what powers all the other emotional experiences of our being? :)