Love vs Actual Love

I have given this much thought. I believe the idea of love has been altered from what is the actual purpose and portrayal of love. Because of the result of commercialization in society, I believe love is taught to be a sentimental value. If I may describe this with more accuracy, I think it’s a term I can state by describing it as a commercialized fantasy. Where the idea of love comes as a display of what one feels inside or feels in relation for another. I think this is either incorrect or perhaps a different version of the meaning we think of love. Moreover, I believe the true definition of love is through the act or action in which one demonstrate unimaginable kindness, compassion, and understanding. In the ancient world and in biblical texts, love is described as being kind, helping your neighbor, and displaying various forms of compassion. The Greeks describe this as four meanings: Stoge- affection, Phileo- friendship, Eros- romance, and Agape- unconditional love. Referring to the actions in modern day relationships, I think often the idea of love is convoluted with emotional misunderstandings or mishaps. Perhaps it’s best to examine what one defines as love and compare it to actual definitions. I don’t believe it’s right to be in the idea of one is in love and yet instigates to follow one’s own romantic fantasies to another. By ancient means, it seems the entanglement of emotions is a variable that has very little to do with love. Therefore, I believe it must be because of the influence of modern culture and commercialization their idea of love. It’s my opinion that if everyone were to use the ancient idea of what was defined as love, then one shouldn’t have no problem in their relationships because it would not be based of sentimental or personalized variables. It’s possible anyone would be able to get along with anybody, regardless of one’s differences. I believe a good depiction of what actual love is can be seen in the movie Maleficent (2014), where Maleficent’s spell was created out of revenge and with the intention to prove that there is no such thing as true love, however when growing up and becoming attached with the princess, she learns to show an unconditional side of love which shows the true side of love as something more than emotional value. This demonstration of love awakes the princess at the end showing in what I believe can be considered the actual representation of true love. Although this is also commercialized, I think it’s a good model for what real love can look like. In conclusion, perhaps our idea of love is either commercialized, fantasized or self-interpreted; nevertheless, I believe true love in unconditional and is not about sentimental value but the demonstration to be compassionate, understanding, and to show an unimaginable kindness not only for those we are in relationship with but for everyone around us.