What we talk about when we talk about Love

“What we talk about when we talk about Love” by Richard Carver, was a very interesting story about love. I liked how they showed many different views on how people can express their love for one another whether everyone agreed with that being true love or not. They explained how Terrie saw that her ex-husband’s violent aggressive actions were out of an act of love; which was the only way he knew how to express his love for her, which was definitely her opinion, to say the least. Mel then begins to tell the story of the drunk teenage driver that hits a couple in their seventies and puts them in automatic critical conditions. As they are in recovery, the love that the husband has for his wife shows so much more in this serious situation. He becomes sad and depressed that he is unable to look over at his wife to see if she is okay in the hospital due to his and her body casts.

I believe everyone has different ways of expressing love and  in many different types of love like: sentimental love or impulse love. Love can be an act of generosity, or a simple word. I do not believe that an act of physical abuse or verbal abuse can be in any way love. Like in the bible it says, “Love is patient, love is kind, love doesn’t keep record of wrong doing…” We all need love no matter what way it is expressed. God is love and therefore we are all in need of his love. His love is never ending and is expressed in many ways as we all tend to show love. He has a platonic love for the earth that no one could ever come close to loving like him. The type of love we should try to attain for one another is a love a mother has for her child.