Tuesday, January 12, 2010

What is 'LOVE'?

Dear students,
I was about to go to bed when I remembered my promise to post this issue tonight. Last night, after an 'act of betrayal' of not getting ready the outline (you know what), I decided to teach and later we stumbled upon this, in the many "types of introduction". This is type number 1 - asking one or more question. There are six types altogether and you can use any of them in your introduction. Well, let us see this example:

What is love? How do we know that we are really in love? When we meet that special person, how can we tell that our feelings are genuine and not merely infatuation? And, if they are genuine, will these feelings last? Love, as we all know, is difficult to define. But most people agree that true and lasting love involves far more than mere physical attraction. It involves mutual respect, the desire to give rather than take, and the feeling of being wholly at ease.


Well....what do you think? Agree? As someone who has gone through youth, I would like to know how you would view this question. Will your views later shape your thoughts and actions? Because love, can be both powerful and damaging. So strong that you might lose control and yet so pure, it will never be replaceable. Are you a 'realist 'or 'romantic' ? These two different schools of thought can never co-exist hand in hand but whatever it is, its your own choices and I honestly hope you will give a careful thought when the time comes. Why? Because I truly love all of you.
So, section 11! For all the laughter we had last night, I now invite you to share your views on this matter. Are you ready? 1, 2,...Go!

45 comments:

Anonymous said...

morning mdm... sorry bout last nite... huhu... didn't meant to make u upset... thanx God we all can see yr smile and laugh again =] well, what is love? for me love is so broad, love to God, towards our family, friends and to someone special =] as a Muslim, love to God is a must, when there is no one are able to hear our feeling.. He always there no matter what situation that we encountered. love to parents, everyone definitely will have feeling of missing them especially when we are far away.. love to friends, as they always support and give advice to us... but what can make us become not our self is when we are in love with someone that is not even have any relation to us.. stranger.. but love is blind.. and i am one of them who still learn how to be a good lover.. with this relationship, i had experienced an extreme sadness and happiness moment in my life.. now, it's almost 4 years and i begun to understand how to be rational in this relationship.. how do we know when we are in love?? emm, maybe when we felt the sense of belonging to him.. how we know the feeling not lie to us?? when we get to know the person better,our instinct can tell us =] yeah, it's true that physical attraction is not a main factor that we are looking to but it does contribute.. with that we will be motivated to be the best to our partner.. in terms of everything =] take things positively and to be in love is such a valuable experience to me and i never regret it because its a part of learning process.. =] pray for us.. =] Sakinah (arekyn) group 11.. take care mdm.. love u too.. =)

Sakinah (group 11) said...

morning mdm... sorry bout last nite... huhu... didn't meant to make u upset... thanx God we all can see yr smile and laugh again =] well, what is love? for me love is so broad, love to God, towards our family, friends and to someone special =] as a Muslim, love to God is a must, when there is no one are able to hear our feeling.. He always there no matter what situation that we encountered. love to parents, everyone definitely will have feeling of missing them especially when we are far away.. love to friends, as they always support and give advice to us... but what can make us become not our self is when we are in love with someone that is not even have any relation to us.. stranger.. but love is blind.. and i am one of them who still learn how to be a good lover.. with this relationship, i had experienced an extreme sadness and happiness moment in my life.. now, it's almost 4 years and i begun to understand how to be rational in this relationship.. how do we know when we are in love?? emm, maybe when we felt the sense of belonging to him.. how we know the feeling not lie to us?? when we get to know the person better,our instinct can tell us =] yeah, it's true that physical attraction is not a main factor that we are looking to but it does contribute.. with that we will be motivated to be the best to our partner.. in terms of everything =] take things positively and to be in love is such a valuable experience to me and i never regret it because its a part of learning process.. =] pray for us.. =] Sakinah (arekyn) group 11.. take care mdm.. love u too.. =)

Anonymous said...

love can make you happy as a flying bird
but love can also hurt you- a lot!

Anonymous said...

salam....
sorry for barging in.....
huhuhu.....

i'm not an expert about love because i've never been in love....
so i woould like to share my opinion based on some 'interview' that i have done...
some said that, true love can be felt... How???
when the person is nearby or next to you.. your heart will move faster. i.e you'll have an increase in CARDIAC RATE... hahaha..
but the most important sign is that the feeling of respect to the person in yourself.....
some said it is complicated...
it means that you'll know at the right time with the right individual.... How's that???
i'm not really sure....
huhuhuhu.........

but..
for me...
i believe love is more than feeling... Feeling of respect and wishing for the person's happiness and please... as well as actions to materialize your feeling...
so, my point is that don't say love to somebody if you don't have the power to realize it....

that's all with the lecture..
thank you and have a nice day....
-firdaus EOP sec 32-

Unknown said...

salam madam
seems like im d 2nd one here..
what is 'LOVE'?
L ike
O thers
V ery
E xquisitely?

for me, 'love' is a thing that we always sought after but often failed to realise it is close to us.

we seek love from God but neglect or take for granted of what He has bestowed us.

we seek love from our parent but sometimes forget to place them above our friends.

we seek love from someone but often hurt others.

for me, if u love someone, they are of the highest priority. to love someone is to carry the trust that u will not hurt them. to love someone is to make them happy rather than ourselves.

i found love but the other found the better one. for me, as long as they are happy, i'm happy.
when something is taken away from us, something better often replace it. maybe is not meant for us or maybe God planned something better for us. who knows?

without wax,
muhd afiq, EOP (Sect 32)

Kanon...sect. 32 said...

hmmm.....
Objectively,love is an universal communication, either vertically to Almighty God, or horizontally to humankind, including family, friend, or any people regardless what their identity are. Horizontally also means to the nature (means not only physical nature, but also social interaction n phenomena of human civilization, at least in my opinion). Love is what drives this world into good or bad. I think deep at the botton of our heart (if it still have at least a bit purity), we know wat love is, since it has come naturally with us (u can feel it when u see the baby, hear them laughing, see them smiling, even when u see they walking, running, n crying). It means to give your best in what u love, to the people u love, to the society u love, of course also most importantly to Almight God.To share it, so that at the end u will feel this kind of satisfaction and comfort. So if we follow, this realm, means there should be no crime, no bad, no disorder in the world which seems not the nature of the world itself. it is true, we are created in balance, mix of good n bad, right and wrong, so what... the thing is what it means by LOVE right now mostly has been corrupted, so that we cant stand in balance.
Love means sharing -->>take & give -->>contribute (again I quote what madam said). it means presenting the best. It also with means to have courage to take the risk n challenge during the way. Lastly, maybe it means submission to what u love, to people u love, to Him.

Personally, I want to put it as what I am dong to my family, to the poeple I love and I know also love me AS I AM. At least that what I am thinking now.

About love to someone special, I think I dont want to really think about it or him for now. I believe God has someone for me, so what I can do is just be the good person so that I hope to get the good one as well. Frankly, my father always tell me, no need to think about it now, just focus to ur study, at the end he will come by himself ( it reminds me to this song in Snow White... "Someday....my prince will come" ...hahaha). My father reason is God has fated mu'min with mu'min, muslim with muslim, and so on. I know it might hear like an oldfols, but I believe in it. Sometime still I feel lonely, but in that case, it is just another way toward it.

section 32 said...

salam mdm..i'm from section 32, n i'm proud dat i'm from 32.. =) .what is love??for me..love is everythin coz everythin needs love. with love, u can be good,or change to bad. it's all about love.no matter u want it or not,love will come.bcoz it is the natural feeling.however, if u put ur fisrt love towards God,everythin will be easy for u..insyaAllah. in addition, i want to quote about love..but it is in b.m..hope u dont mind..
"cinta adalah kekuatan yg mmpu mngubah duri jd mawar,mngubah cuka jd anggur,mngubah sedih jd ceria,mngubah amarah jd ramah,mngubah musibah jd muhibbah..."

diana.wahid(EOP sec32) said...

I googled through the internet to find some quotes about love. Here we go:-

“If I never met you, I wouldn't like you. If I didn't like you, I wouldn't love you. If I didn't love you, I wouldn't miss you. But I did, I do, and I will.”

I believe it can be applied to Our Creator, to Rasulullah, to our beloved family and friends.

As for me, love happens when you expressed your feelings through actions. To admit that you love someone through words can be very difficult. Not many of us have courage to do that. Well, action speaks louder than words, right?

tusky said...

assalamualaikum
as the person who has been in love for several years, i must admit that love are full of trust, respect, sacrifice, commitment,patient, responsibility, tears and joy.
It may distract our focus in study but one can't just stuck with the books and academic stuff all the time.(hahahha)being a student, we can't deny that there is something that drive us to love and be loved by someone. i must say nowadays if u are 20 smthing (like us) and u are still single (or not interested in someone at all), it's either there's something wrong with u or u have some kind of untypical principles about feeling.. (another hahahaha)..
love should teach u how to be responsible
love should teach u how to be organized (study and feeling mix up.)
love should teach u how to appreciate others and be appreciated
and many more
but wait,
love also teach u about pain, heartbreak, and bla2....
so, beware.. u might suffer instead of 'live happily ever after'
it's all i can say (for the time being) about love.

it is very nice to have a lecturer who encourage his or her students to express their voices within. thanks madam..:-) keep,it up..
yours truly,
Muhammad Faiz Mohd Hanapiah
section 32
http://tusky-voiceswithin.blogspot.com/

Anonymous said...

assalamualaikum wbt..
what is love? im never start to thinking about thing seriously, up till, when my parenting letcure start to asking me, when you will get married? for me, love is a high levels of feeling. people may define this in varies. love include romance,feeling, emotion,intimacy,passion,responsible. its a God's nature. the feeling to love others and being love by others. the purpose of why we have the feelings is a main concern on the journey of the feelings. for example, if its a romantic love, then the feelings is a deep, intense and unending. this love cost us to shared a very inttimate and interpersonal and sexual relationship. thus,love may give a benefits and may also give harms. what is important is to knows the limit on loving this God creatures.guide ourselves, learn the goods and bad of doing so, then it will direct us to the better life.
i didnt have any experience on loving the other gender (im hoping to feel it sooon ), but, for me.. LoVe is freindship. Friendship is love. people may said that this kind of relationship is not sufficient for people to express their love. but for me, loving a friends is a way for me, to knows how to deal with the other persons that have different thoughts, ideas, emotion and perception. friends is someone who been there when we need them, listening to all our jokes, problems, a shoulder where we can ly on.
therefore, as a conclusion, (0_0), before been in this kind of emotion, we need to prepare ourselves on how crucial the comitmment part is need..

(0_0) IzzaTI NAWAWI, Gp 11

Anonymous said...

there is no proper definition of love.for me love is a mystery feeling..because it cant be explain by words and only people who are in love can feel it..love is beautiful..fascinating and motivating to some people.love is like a magic potent which it can cure all the hatred,sadness,pain and agony in this world.yet love can ruin someone life and make his life haywire.So, i want to share a quote from Sophocles,
~One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love~

tQ~ ;)
AIDA FITRIYA HAMZAH
G32

Anonymous said...

salam.
Morning mdm...first, let me quote a phrase that I found from my novel
"Holding him in my arms as he passed away is something I have wept over every day since"
-John Grisham, Bleachers p. 146
This phrase is about the love of a coach towards his football player who died from his harsh training.

For me, love is something big. Love towards our Creator, Prophets, parents, teachers, siblings, friends, and others. For me, when we love someone, we tend to make them happy, to take really good care of them, pay attention to their needs. It does not matter what price we pay as long as our loved ones keep smiling. But don't misunderstand love and lust, because lust is something we have to control. Without guidance from religion, we will lost in our own thoughts and lust.
-wan sec 32-

Anonymous said...

Love is too subjective to be defined because it something that we cannot explained by mean of physical thing.Caring is something can be done by others but love is something that can be felt by some of us i mean specific type of people that we give our love to .Yes,love is creation and creation will never be last for some long time.If we deeply in love with somebody today,we will finally be regreted for the foolish of deeply loving them soon.It hard to find lover who not bored in loving you.yet that feeling will somehow faded after a long time along with the nature of human which also changes by times.Yup,in the case of marriage,love can be so important at the early stages but soon as the marriage developed,love is no more but defined as a responsible that forcely had to be taken for the marriage.Though spouse can express love but it not as love to love but only to love to be responsible.no longer pure love but a synthetic love...

Anonymous said...

love is fitrah.for those who don't need love is someone who out from this rule of"fitrah'.Love is driving force to you to married exspecially for the guy(he..he).By love we can trust some one to let them to keep all of our weaknesses and strength.Hopefully try to not love for a person only but widening your love spectrum to somebody else..bye

Anonymous said...

assalamualaikum..
mdm...what is love??
for me love is the answer of "all" questions in our life....it is because love can change us in whatever situation..
for me..falling in love wif someone is seeing an imperfect person perfectly...accept them as they are,,,no matter what happen...love never die if the honesty and loyalty keep stand together...love got such a broad definition..we can't describe about it too much until we realize we're in love..BUT..the most important of luv are love to ALLAH, Prophet P.B.U.H,and family...we as a human can't choose for it...it comes naturally...-Aima Suhaily, Section 11-

Anonymous said...

salam mdm,
I'm one of your student in yesterday english class.love?????for me,love have a lot of meaning.from what i had been study,in my lesson at school....muslim can love each other.can love their parents,can love their special friend(actually i want to say people that they in love)but we must follow the way that islam told us to do.we can't couple with the people we love,cause we will get sin(if this english sentence is wrong,i'm sorry;))we can love our estate,but we can't bring it into our grave...........we also can love our parents so much but beware don't ever love to our parent more than our love to God and prophet.so love to God and prophet must come first than our parent and so on.thank you :)

Nur Athirah said...

Salam madam,
I'm one of your students from yesterday english class.

In my opinion,
Love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves,
and not to twist them to fit our own image,
otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.

Anonymous said...

salam sis,
what is love??i'm not an expert bout luv as i've never been in love before.so, luv is very general..luv to god,parents,family,friend and someone special.when we luv someone,we willing to do anything as well as they are happy.We would sacrifice for them eventhough the things hurt us much..maybe we do not realise that we luv someone but one day we would miss them very much but it was too late as they're gone..the nearest example goes to our parents.so we should luv and repay their good deeds towards us~
from husna(last year spm student,which attend mind your engish class)

izzati said...

love ?
its not only about feeling but how your attitude towards it..

however the pure one is your love to Allah :)

~ Izzati lokman section 11

izzati lokman said...

love is not only about your feeling but how your courage, attitude towards it.

the pure one is your love to Allah

Anonymous said...

~ Love ?
not only about the feeling but also how your attitude to deal with it. :)

the pure love is your love to the Creator :)

izzati lokman

Anonymous said...

salam,,,,
well love is very good..i mean that love to Allah first and follow by rasulallah and our family members and finally other humans...but we must put our top most priority to Allah....and what make love look bad is when we love human being lot rather than love Him...now, lets check how much we love Allah..inshaallah we are His good servant...

Pearl said...

assalamualaikum madam, I'm Lyanna-eap section 11.
For me love is something that we all need. We need love and we have to give love also.
I always felt that there someone out there made for me, but true love is always to love Allah and to have Allah's love.

nasihin seth said...

Salam madam...
for this question, i think, LOVE is very precious. the harder u try to get it, the more u appreciate it, once u gain it.
Love towards Allah, u need to do all the amar makruf n nahi mungkar. n when u did ur best, u feel grateful for what u have achieve.
love towards family & people u love, u'll try to make them happy because u love to see them happy.

but to achieve those, they might require hardships. so, once u gain it, u'll surely appreciate it very much..:)

just my thoughts,
nasihin seth, sect 32

Anonymous said...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2Uf-X9luhw

SuTeRa said...

Assalamualaikum..
Sorry for the late response, and thank u mdm for giving us a space to voice our thought...

Love? It was well defined by the others clearly.

The ultimate love is definitely towards Allah, His Messenger, our parents, teachers, siblings, and people around us. Unfortunately, we are too focus on love between men n women, and neglecting the words of Allah.

We have more sense of belonging to human than sense of belonging to God. We are remembering bf or gf all the times instead of dzikrullah. Love is not blind, but many people have been blinded by love.

There are no single verses in Al-Quran that permit 'couple' before marriage, and Allah never ever told us to go for dating, etc. If u love someone, then do it the right way. Istikharah, and go for the next steps which are engagement followed by marriage.

Sorry for being so straightforward but i just cant stand with such fact that men and women should dating hundred times, being together almost 24 hours, before get married. Please, fear Allah and the hellfire.

Lastly, love is fitrah. Nothing is wrong about it. It is just about how u handle it according to syara'. I do love people around me so much, especially my parent and friends.

I suggest a good book written by Fatimah Syarha. "Pemilik cintaku setelah Allah dan Rasul". Read it, and we'll totally understand why Allah doesn't permit couple before marriage.

Sorry for the broken language~
Akhirul kalam.
husna, section 11

Anonymous said...

Assalamualaikum mdm...
love??for me love has broad definition...love towards someone,towards parent,towards friends and etc..Whatever it is,love towards Allah is the most important thing...and try our best to get HIS love..
sometimes love can change us, whether to be a good one or to be another one...and love is not blind but the people itself has been blinded by love...
and for me,I think I am never in love yet..huhu...maybe just in infatuation..huhu...
girlaqua88 sec 11

Anonymous said...

LOVE IS BLIND :(
*lini gp 11*

Anonymous said...

for me love is a gifts from Allah swt to His servant...and the ultimate love is to Allah also....but in a broader context,we can channel our love to human also...especially to the family.friends and the beloved one....i mean your soul mate...
for me love is something unexpectable...we can be drowned by it...and also be motivated...contented...depend on person who undergoes it....
when we love somebody we are always thinking about him night and day..hoping the same feeling from him,and of course want it to be ended with marriage bond..many people oppose the relationship of love before marriage..not suitable,violating the syariat and etc but when the love come to your heart...you just can't let it go..and you will feel what other people who are earlier in love be...how their situation..for me all the lover must protect their love from any act that can lowered their chastity...and love need trust,respect, understanding and commitment from both parties.

Anonymous said...

section 11 said..
i'm in love right now...but i'm not too sure whether it is truly love or it is just infatuation...

Anonymous said...

clove is giving by God into our heart..
when we fall,we can get up..
but, once we fall in love..we will fall forever...
;-)

for me, we should acknowledge the feeling of love..cause it is the most precious gift from our Lord..

ikin,section 11

Anonymous said...

Assalamualaikum,dear Madam Hayati. I'am your student in English class. I like to commen about WHAT IS LOVE,i feel the love is subjective and it cannot be define . But it can feel by the person that fall in love...-AYUNI-

noor said...

Assalamualaikum,dear Madam Hayati. I'am a student in English class. I would like to comment about WHAT IS LOVE. I feel love is subjective and cannot define. I think love can feel when person that was fall in love...-AYUNI-

20 cent said...

salam mdm..
love is subjective.from my perspectives, love is about be kind to them,be patient, understanding and respect each other . some says love is temporary madness.I agree with that.hehe. and I also agree with lini..love is blind.it can makes people blind. be wise whenever we are in love.

Ibtisam said...

for me love is very subjective and cannot be define..the true love comes form ALlah...mashitah-g11

Ibtisam said...

for me love is very subjective and cannot be define...the true love is comes from ALLAH...=)

Anonymous said...

for me love is very subjective and cannot be define ...the true love comes from ALLAH..=)

Nur Atiqah Roslan said...

Salam..
I define love as mysterious, magical, complex,difficult, imaginary, thought-provoking,
inspirational, intuitional, joyous, immeasurable,and undefinable. Perhaps.

My favorite quote about love is by Paramahansa Yogananda: "To
describe love is very difficult, for the same reason
that words cannot fully describe the flavor of an
orange. You have to taste the fruit to know its
flavor. So with love."

:)

Anonymous said...

"Temporary defines human's love,Everlasting defines Allah's love"

:))

I think one should know what are his/her priorities.
So as a Muslim,the priority goes to our sole creator first,Allah SWT then only other things will follow :)

But,I have seen this around,girls aren't tired to seek for guys' love though they have been hurt before.I was like c'mmon.Find something else to do.
Seriously,I cant tolerate those who actually ditched her friends after she found someone she loved,
or she can actually spent gazilion hours calling his bf,but she's very stingy to spend a ringgit to call her parents.Oh duh,it rages me out.

-Aisyah,Group 30 EOP

Anonymous said...

In a sitch like this
you gotta think and I don't think you
think about the way he thinks
And I know you live life
For yourself
But it all comes down to
the way you help

And I know your life is such a hell
you wake up early and you work until
you have your drinks at 5 o'clock
The hours blend and your thoughts all haunt
your hopes, your dreams, your everything
Well, mama, I hope, I dream
that you won't leave

And I have a question:
What is love?
What is love?
Oh, oh oh oh-oh-oh
Is it giving up?
'Cause that's not how you
raised me, yeah.

In a sitch like this you gotta think
and I don't think you think
about the way she thinks
and I know you work hard everyday
but it all comes down
to the way you're paid

And I know you're oh so sorry dad
I truly believe that you're a better man
than to share one kiss and then give away
from the love you come home everyday
your hopes, your dreams, your everything
Well daddy, I hope, I dream
that she won't leave

And I have a question:
What is love?
What is love?
Oh, oh oh oh-oh-oh
Is it giving up?
'Cause that's not how you
raised me

And what is love?
What is love?
Oh, oh oh oh-oh-oh
See, I don't know anymore
I used to look up to
that love

(nik)

Anonymous said...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA62IuYI6gs&feature=fvsr

Anonymous said...

Salam..
If u ask me what is love, my short answer would be: it's too complicated ;p

the long answer? here it is:
we are surrounded by love whether it comes from our family, friends or our loved ones. for me, it's hard to define love. But, i believe in this saying:
"A life with love will have some thorns, but a live without love will have no roses." It's really true, isn't it? love is what makes our life more interesting whether we realize it or not =)

These are some of the quotes about love that i think are worth sharing:
"Love doesn't make the world go round,love is what makes the ride worthwhile."

"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage."

"Love is something eternal; the aspect may change, but not the essence."

"love is irrational. The more you love someone, the less sense anything made."

Last but not least:
“To love someone is nothing, to be loved by someone is something, to be loved by the one you love is exciting, yet to be loved by Allah is everything" <3

"Temporary defines human's love,
Everlasting defines Allah's love."

So, moral of the story: seek love from Allah. He will never let u down =) Fin~

.Aisha A.EOP.S32.

Unknown said...

salam
again i want to share something about love...

this is what i've read from Br Pahrol Mohd Juoi Blog.

He quoted - Love is not GOD!

A married man met him to seek for advise. The problem is he met again with his ex lover but according to him they broke up years ago and each of them married someone else.
after ten years, they met and fell in love all over again. however, the man claimed he already have 2 children while his ex with one.
"What's the matter?" asked Br Pahrol.
He replied that the ex still love him.

Br Pahrol gave a short answer - Love is not GOD!
Br. Pahrol insisted that not all love desires should be fulfilled. When love crosses the line of rationality, human values, and especially 'syariat', it must be stopped. What would happened to the children and their spouse if the "irrational love" is embraced? Leaving the wife and children for some love that is not definite. Is it worth it?

you can read the rest of the entries here -> http://genta-rasa.com/

without wax
afiq hamzah
Sect 32 EOP

remy 0816893 said...

Love is an emotional feeling between two person..normally male and female or in California,male and male or female and female. Love must always come first before sex.

nor atiqah rozlin said...

"LOVE",for me this word give meaningful to us..love is very complex,and very unpredictable.sometimes can make us happy, sometimes not. it can make us motivated, and can be demotivated us. how we handle it,it depends in our self. how we manage and control it.