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Quote of the day « on: November 15, 2010, 12:55 AM »
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"Genuine love is volitional rather than emotional. The person who truly loves, does so because of a decision to love. This person has made a commitment to be loving, whether or not the loving feeling is present." - M. Scott Peck


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Quote of the day « Reply #1 on: November 15, 2010, 01:08 AM »
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Now Mark that honestly is a load of bs , people in denial.
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Quote of the day « Reply #2 on: November 15, 2010, 01:09 AM »
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Quote from: top_spin on November 15, 2010, 01:08 AM
Now Mark that honestly is a load of bs , people in denial.
It's just pointing out how feeling emotional love comes in waves in most relationships. A dangerous misconception of love is to think that being in love is love.
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Quote of the day « Reply #3 on: November 15, 2010, 01:10 AM »
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The last part is saying that you might not genuinely love someone but convince yourself you do?
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Quote of the day « Reply #4 on: November 15, 2010, 01:11 AM »
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No seriously, MWers love to debate about love.
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Quote of the day « Reply #5 on: November 15, 2010, 01:12 AM »
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Quote from: top_spin on November 15, 2010, 01:10 AM
The last part is saying that you might not genuinely love someone but convince yourself you do?
No, I really don't think that's the intention from those words. It's just pointing out the dangers of misinterpreting how love always matures from emotional to something that requires effort.

Initially, you should of course never "decide" to be in love... that would be crazy. Falling in love is easy, staying in love is a whole different story.
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Quote of the day « Reply #6 on: November 15, 2010, 01:16 AM »
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To me it's saying that genuine love is a decision you make... they have committed themselves to this feeling whether or not they actually feel it.
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Quote of the day « Reply #7 on: November 15, 2010, 01:18 AM »
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Well, that's understandable but I think it's a misinterpretation.

Once you get past the purely emotional stage of love, which all relationships do, you then are able to make a decision to love and commit regardless of whether in that exact moment you feel the emotion of love. The feeling of love comes and goes, and without effort, can be lost for long periods.

One of the most immature reasons for break-ups is when one person says they are not in love with their partner and yet still love them. What they really mean is that they're not mature enough to know how to work on the relationship to make it healthy, or that they believe true love should not require effort.
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Quote of the day « Reply #8 on: November 15, 2010, 01:30 AM »
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It's like a Jane Austen novel in here today.
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Quote of the day « Reply #9 on: November 15, 2010, 01:30 AM »
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Quote from: Mark on November 15, 2010, 01:18 AM
Well, that's understandable but I think it's a misinterpretation.

Once you get past the purely emotional stage of love, which all relationships do, you then are able to make a decision to love and commit regardless of whether in that exact moment you feel the emotion of love. The feeling of love comes and goes, and without effort, can be lost for long periods. One of the most immature reasons for break-ups is when one person says they are not in love with their partner and yet still love them.


Is this a book you are reading because you seem to be basing your explanation in a certain context where as I'm just taking the exact words for what they are. Smile


Quote from: Sir Panda on November 15, 2010, 01:30 AM
It's like a Jane Austen novel in here today.

You are so emotionless you hard man!
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Quote of the day « Reply #10 on: November 15, 2010, 01:34 AM »
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Quote from: top_spin on November 15, 2010, 01:30 AM
Is this a book you are reading because you seem to be basing your explanation in a certain context where as I'm just taking the exact words for what they are. Smile
I haven't got any context to it either but I felt the meaning of it was clear.

You fully appreciate that to be in a happy loving relationship, effort is required. Making an effort is a decision... and therefore the quote makes perfect sense.
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Quote of the day « Reply #11 on: November 15, 2010, 01:34 AM »
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I love all of you unconditionally.
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Quote of the day « Reply #12 on: November 15, 2010, 01:37 AM »
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Quote from: top_spin on November 15, 2010, 01:30 AM

Is this a book you are reading because you seem to be basing your explanation in a certain context where as I'm just taking the exact words for what they are. Smile


You are so emotionless you hard man!


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Re: Quote of the day « Reply #13 on: November 15, 2010, 09:37 AM »
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By far, my favourite quote of all time is this in regards to investing in the stock market,

"Be fearful when others are greedy. Be greedy when others are fearful." - Warren Buffett

It goes strongly against human nature and therefore is hard to follow but the rewards are great.
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Re: Quote of the day « Reply #14 on: November 26, 2010, 09:30 PM »
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I just saw this on James' Facebook, brilliant.

“The sentence for attempted murder should be the same as for murder. Otherwise we’re just rewarding incompetence.” - Scott Adams
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