Love: the Four Letter Word
Love: The Four Letter Word
Love, the four letter word that binds us all together. Whether it is the love of a significant other or your best friend, love is the glue to all relationships. Love is important as it give purpose and significance to bonds created with others. When you truly love another, the love for them is put above yourself. The main types of love are Companionship Love, Romantic or Sexual Love, Family Love, Friendship Love and Charity Love, all of which are not only important to have in life, but influences the way we interact with others in the world around us.
The Greek word for companionship, Hetaireia, explains the love that is found between classmates, comrades or coworkers. This type of love is important to have and experience in one’s life because it allows us to show simple kindness to others. We experience Hetaireia when we have classmates that we talk to in the hallway, cafeteria line, or during class. Hetaireia is based on acquaintances that we only usually speak with about a shared or common interest or goal. In short, the so called friends or better termed acquaintances or buddies are generally friends by circumstance. This meaning that without the upcoming essay or the new song that has come out, people that we share Hetaireia with have no emotional closness with. Although companionship with others is not always overly emotional, it makes us well rounded because it provides relationships with people with whom we share common interests, people with whom we can talk to about lighter subjects, and leave the heavy lifting to people we are closer with.
Romantic love, the type of love that first comes to mind when one thinks of hearts and roses was known to the Greeks as Eros. Eros is the love that is sexual; it is passionate, spontaneous and can be instinctive. This type of love is the love where one falls in. Eros is important to daily life because it allows us to be free with a significant other. As the love of mutual attraction,
Love, the four letter word that binds us all together. Whether it is the love of a significant other or your best friend, love is the glue to all relationships. Love is important as it give purpose and significance to bonds created with others. When you truly love another, the love for them is put above yourself. The main types of love are Companionship Love, Romantic or Sexual Love, Family Love, Friendship Love and Charity Love, all of which are not only important to have in life, but influences the way we interact with others in the world around us.
The Greek word for companionship, Hetaireia, explains the love that is found between classmates, comrades or coworkers. This type of love is important to have and experience in one’s life because it allows us to show simple kindness to others. We experience Hetaireia when we have classmates that we talk to in the hallway, cafeteria line, or during class. Hetaireia is based on acquaintances that we only usually speak with about a shared or common interest or goal. In short, the so called friends or better termed acquaintances or buddies are generally friends by circumstance. This meaning that without the upcoming essay or the new song that has come out, people that we share Hetaireia with have no emotional closness with. Although companionship with others is not always overly emotional, it makes us well rounded because it provides relationships with people with whom we share common interests, people with whom we can talk to about lighter subjects, and leave the heavy lifting to people we are closer with.
Romantic love, the type of love that first comes to mind when one thinks of hearts and roses was known to the Greeks as Eros. Eros is the love that is sexual; it is passionate, spontaneous and can be instinctive. This type of love is the love where one falls in. Eros is important to daily life because it allows us to be free with a significant other. As the love of mutual attraction,