Love

While reading the play “Romeo and Juliet,” our class talked about love and what love is.  According to the Merriam and Webster Dictionary, love is feeling affection for another person that we have become close to.  Being attracted to someone sexually may also be another sign of love.  People in love may also share common interests.  It also says that love is unselfish and relates to concern for others.  According to the Corinthians, love can be described using virtues like patience, kindness, trust, and perseverance.  It says that love does not dishonor.  This means that if you love someone you will respect them and not do anything to hurt them.  Corinthians also says that love does not end. 

The dictionary and Corinthians definitions are very different.  The dictionary definition says that love is based upon affection which is strong feelings for another person.  It is also based upon a sexual attraction or desire.  People who fall in love may also have common interests.  According to the Corinthains, love is based on virtues like patience, kindness, trust, and perseverance.   Compared with the dictionary definition, the Corinthians definition is more religious or moral.  It doesn’t refer sex, and it is not self-centered.  The Corinthians definition also makes us think that some work is involved with love.  The dictionary definition makes us think that love is a feeling.

          Many people might think that these two definitions of love are the same, but I think the Corinthians definition is a better way to describe it.  I believe this because the virtues in the definition help people have good relationships.  If you are patient with people, you don’t get angry with them easily.  If you are kind to people, you treat people with respect.  It also says that love does not dishonor people.  Corinthians tells us that it is not all about us.  It is about how we treat each other.  Corinthians tells us that love sometimes involves work.