Why Love Is Important: 7 Reasons Why Understanding It Makes You Better
Here are seven reasons why love is important, and what you can do to find yours.
- Connect with another human
This may seem trivial, but it has been the key to the functioning of society as a whole for the last 5,000 years. The ability to have an affectionate and intimate connection with another person, and to have that fondness returned is an anchor to base the rest of your growth and future around. - Love is a reformer and teacher
In the same vein, love is also a great improver. Have a bad habit that irritates your SO (significant other)? Likely that if you are in love that is reciprocated, you will defeat the habit and be rid of it, whether it is the fact that you’re late, lax with your upkeeping or even if you smoke. In the same way, if you are in love, and you make all of the above efforts, but for reasons the love goes sour, you still learn many crucially important life lessons even through the heartbreak. Just remember not to be too hard on yourself, and that if you had one bad restaurant experience, you’re not going to be giving up on eating out, although of course, we realize the two are not the same. That point still stands. - Why is love important? It’s a path to self discovery
Love can reveal a lot about ourselves that we may not already know. Our preferences, tastes, morality, thought processes and instinctive reactions when we are in love reveal a lot about our character to ourselves upon reflection, especially considering that we are in situations where we may have never been before. - Why is love important? It is an excellent source of motivation
When you’re in love, you always tend to strive for better and not just in a meaningless sense either. That is to say, it is not merely for the sake of your partner loving you more (although that is certainly a motivation) but also, to do better in life, to set new goals, and generally strive for the best. The upswing in positive thoughts is also notable and that itself makes a big difference. - Sex
It doesn’t have to, nor should you require it, but romantic love for your partner, when returned by them, can lead to intimacy and sex. Sex is the most important element in our lives, a vital need that has to be fulfilled, and what better way to scratch that itch than with someone you love? For intimacy & sex go hand in glove. - Why Love is Important: Because It Is the Greatest Feeling
Is it not? But don’t take our word for it, just read any of the majority of the classics of the twentieth century that deal with the subject, or watch any of the classic films (or even the not so classic ones) etc. You get the drift. Being in a healthy, two way, loving relationship is an unbelievable feeling, and is one of the pinnacles of the brief existence that is our life. And make no mistake, it is a feeling, a state of being, one most certainly worth striving for. - The Future Is Yours
Love is thereby a support structure for you to build your ship on. Whatever future you envision, whatever methods you want to follow, and wherever you see yourself going, you know you have someone by your side who believes in you, trusts you, wants to see you succeed, and always has an ear for you. That’s why love is important
Now we said we’d focus on romantic love, but we also said we’d help you find your love – and that means we have to mention just one more type of love – love for yourself. For you see, it is incredibly difficult to find love without loving yourself first, and even harder to keep it.
Loving myself and who you are means that when you do fall in love with someone, you will be doing so because of an attraction to the person, their traits, their beauty (inner and outer) and their personality, and not because you are using to cover up your own insecurities Loving yourself means being less needy in a relationship and less demanding, leading to a much healthy relationship all around which is filled with even more – you guessed it – love. So know why love is important, love yourself and the rest will fall in place.