love is not a universal value

Love is not a universal value. “It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.” Alfred Lord Tennyson Everyone is a philosopher when it comes to love. Definitions are “a dime a dozen”. Some says, “love is a rose, “fragrant and beautiful, but thorny and painful”. The modern mind thinks of love in vague, nebulous, existential and non-definable terms. It’s something happens to you and can’t be …

…of love. As you can see, love is definitely is not a universal value. It’s particularly different according to genders, cultures and even individuals. Love can be described in many ways. Just like a saying goes, “To be loved, be lovable.” (Ovine, 43 B.C). Love is indeed a great thing and again I would like to say that ‘Love is not a universal value’ because it is indeed not the same around this world.