"To make a man happy, he needs two things; Love and Work. Love he can find for himself, but work ust be found for him."
Yeah, its all in the mind... ficticious it isn't.
Also, I guess it does vary from person to person - but I couldn't tell, as I am only one person.
"I truly feel that there are as many ways of loving as there are people in the world and as there are days in the life of those people." Mary Calderone
Soppy thread? Its the same as talking about, say, perception of violence, but with a different subject matter...
Although you cannot (well i hope not) fall in love with an object, you can get into a state of higher happyness by utilising the object; I map. I guess its the same with the opposite sex, we 'use' them to make us happier. But if they get something out of it too, its ok
We see (in my deluded opinion) through our perception. To begin with, everything is beautiful; as nature is. Even those gigantic man made monoliths are natural, as they are made by us, and we are natural. Enter William Blake - "If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is: Infinite." Infinite in beauty. But these objects and items and people are passed through our perception; which is built from our knowledge, our stlyes, our bias, out memories - and we see the faults in everthing. Love, my experience was of that perception being taken away - no longer were there any faults, only infinite beauty.
"Oh! love!... That is to be two and to be but one. A man and a woman mingled into one angel. It is heaven." Victor Hugo
I'm not sure how this little crazy philosophy comes into play with love of work, and love of anything else, but... Hmm I'm rambling.
"Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all." Tennyson
Its... an experience. Not one I would repeat in a hurry, however. Well, I would if it wasn't for the whole losing thing
Urm, anyway... Excuse all the edits, I keep adding things
