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Originally Posted by Inuzuka Skysword
First of all, unconditional love is not love. Love is conditional which is what makes it love in the first place. If you like someone for no reason, that is not love. What do you appreciate in the person? Nothing. It is an insult to have someone to say they like you for no reason. That undermines everything you are.
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I'm sorry, but this seems somewhat immature to me. Can't we love everyone for the simple reason that we all share existence, that we all suffer and have to rely on each other? Simply through recognizing that on some level we're all the same, regardless of how we respond to the pressures of life. I guess this entails for me recognizing that we all have the capacity for great evil, however desperately we try to externalize and demonize that evil. Unless you only save your love for saints, most of the things we look for in other people end up being somewhat arbitrary and superficial, and our relations are more about establishing individual identities and a collective picture of reality than about finding the best people on Earth and bestowing your love on them.
So basically, why be stingy with your love? The more you give, the more you get. Spread it around.