Take your passion and make it happen

Lately I've been saying to myself, "This self-fulfilling prophecy is pretty unfulfilling."


What I mean is: If we are going to write a self-fulfilling prophecy, it might as well be awesome.


One time I wondered why people (my friends) don't post names, *like mine*, to their blogs.

Clearly I would have the idea in discussion. I would lead them to the idea that they were blogging about. They would then blog the idea that we talked about without citing me.

One reason that they were doing this is-was obviously selfish. They were-are doing it because they want to look like they had all these ideas, just for you the reader, but they invented them and had them by themselves.

This might compound with the fact that during conversation, it is a little more difficult to tell the synthesis of ideas (who had the ideas first) and it's even harder in retrospect to consider who had the idea first.

Another reason why they might not put my name or your name in their blog is because of real shyness and perceived shyness.

One person might be shy, and the blogger would account for this by not putting her name in. Another time the blogger might perceive that the person with the idea was shy and not write the idea person in.


I have been talking about Love these days with my friends and family. Here's a citation, my friend Joe said, "You could talk for hours and hours about what love is." He did not say this ironically or cynically. It was a kind statement of fact.

Gandhi said that we should use soul force and nonviolence to change the world. he said that we do not notice soul force, when things are going right in the world, because we usually notice when things are going wrong. In psychology this is called the representativeness heuristic, or the convenience heuristic, or the availability heuristic.

Love is a force, and in philosophy it is ever-abundent because it is to some extent one of the Fundamentals.

One is meaning. Another one is purpose. Another one is skepticism.


But against God, I think we have a more concrete knowledge of what love is. God is a little bit more intangible.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/love

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 /lʌv/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [luhv] Show IPA noun, verb, loved, lov⋅ing.
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–noun
1.
a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
2.
a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection, as for a parent, child, or friend.
3.
sexual passion or desire.
4.
a person toward whom love is felt; beloved person; sweetheart.
5.
(used in direct address as a term of endearment, affection, or the like): Would you like to see a movie, love?
6.
a love affair; an intensely amorous incident; amour.
7.
sexual intercourse; copulation.
8.
(initial capital letter) a personification of sexual affection, as Eros or Cupid.
9.
affectionate concern for the well-being of others: the love of one's neighbor.
10.
strong predilection, enthusiasm, or liking for anything: her love of books.
11.
the object or thing so liked: The theater was her great love.
12.
the benevolent affection of God for His creatures, or the reverent affection due from them to God.
13.
Chiefly Tennis. a score of zero; nothing.
14.
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter L.
–verb (used with object)
15.
to have love or affection for: All her pupils love her.
16.
to have a profoundly tender, passionate affection for (another person).
17.
to have a strong liking for; take great pleasure in: to love music.
18.
to need or require; benefit greatly from: Plants love sunlight.
19.
to embrace and kiss (someone), as a lover.
20.
to have sexual intercourse with.
–verb (used without object)
21.
to have love or affection for another person; be in love.—Verb phrase
22.
love up, to hug and cuddle: She loves him up every chance she gets. —Idioms
23.
for love,
a.
out of affection or liking; for pleasure.
b.
without compensation; gratuitously: He took care of the poor for love.
24.
for the love of, in consideration of; for the sake of: For the love of mercy, stop that noise.
25.
in love, infused with or feeling deep affection or passion: a youth always in love.
26.
in love with, feeling deep affection or passion for (a person, idea, occupation, etc.); enamored of: in love with the girl next door; in love with one's work.
27.
make love,
a.
to embrace and kiss as lovers.
b.
to engage in sexual activity.
28.
no love lost, dislike; animosity: There was no love lost between the two brothers.
Origin: bef. 900; (n.) ME; OE lufu, c. OFris luve, OHG luba, Goth lubō; (v.) ME lov(i)en, OE lufian; c. OFris luvia, OHG lubōn to love, L lubēre (later libēre) to be pleasing; akin to lief
Synonyms:1. tenderness, fondness, predilection, warmth, passion, adoration. 1, 2. Love, affection, devotion all mean a deep and enduring emotional regard, usually for another person. Love may apply to various kinds of regard: the charity of the Creator, reverent adoration toward God or toward a person, the relation of parent and child, the regard of friends for each other, romantic feelings for another person, etc. Affection is a fondness for others that is enduring and tender, but calm. Devotion is an intense love and steadfast, enduring loyalty to a person; it may also imply consecration to a cause. 2. liking, inclination, regard, friendliness. 15. like. 16. adore, adulate, worship.
Antonyms:1, 2. hatred, dislike. 15, 16. detest, hate.