Capacity for Love
Posted by Ruda in Emotions on 04. Sep, 2010 | No Comments
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Although it is a wonderful thought, unconditional love is something that not everyone can realize or practice. Not that it is unattainable or nonexistent, most simple lack the capacity to do so. They lack the state of mind that allows for something like this to happen. Of course we can [...]
Liking while Disliking
Posted by Ruda in Emotions on 31. Oct, 2009 | 2 Comments
It seems an especially difficult thing to love everyone, as some people might. In my understanding of love, there would be no desire to change the thing that you love if you truly loved for what it was. So if one were to love everyone, the problem I’m about to describe wouldn’t apply. [...]
iPhones Don’t Make You Happier?
Posted by Ruda in Emotions on 09. Oct, 2009 | 4 Comments
According to research by economists and psychologists, the level of happiness in the population has not changed in almost a century. In spite of advances in medicine and technology, we are not happier than our ancestors. Characteristics such as age, gender, income level, and health, do not account for a lot of [...]
Love Me
Posted by Ruda in Emotions on 26. Sep, 2009 | 3 Comments
In life, it seems that there are very few other things that could compare to the importance of “love.” I put this in quotes because I feel like most people who use this word haven’t really thought of what it really means to them. The idea they have is based on what they were told [...]