Love

Because its getting close to Valentines Day, I'm going to write about the B-E-A-U-tiful 4 letter word everyone is talking about. L.O.V.E. Its a beautiful word and it can be used in so many different ways. I remember in 6th grade when Mrs. Freeze taught her classes about four different types of love. I had never thought about it long enough to realize that there were different types of love for all the different people that i loved. First was Eros, which is what is most commonly meant when someone says "I'm in love". Eros is the type of love that occurs when you get that butterfly stomach feeling every time you see a certain person. Although Eros can make us feel like we are floating in the clouds, it is not a reliable basis for building a relationship. The second type of love is philia. Philia is the type of love one shares toward a friend. Along the same lines as eros, philia can not be a reliable basis for a friendship. Once a friend says or does something hurtful, the feeling can just as well evaporate. Unlike eros and philia, agape(which is my favorite because its a beautiful word and a very strong type of love) is not the type to just evaporate when something goes wrong, it is a choice of love. Agape can also exist in both cases of philia and eros. The fourth type of love is storge. Storge is the type of love one shares toward a family member. Its amazing how one small word can mean so many different things. So here goes it je t'aime, te amo, Ich liebe Dich. That's "I love you" in french, Spanish, and German!!!