Answer to Question #237578 in English for Adidi

Question

Detailed speech on "One word frees us all fron all the weight and pain of life, and that word is love" ~ sophocles

Answer 1

This quote is not from a philosopher, but from a ground-breaking Greek playwright, from his play Oedipus at Colonus (line 1616). And it, while a little bit artsy, encapsulates a basic truth of life.

Love. It is a very complex word, covering a tremendous amount of ground. Often it is intended to mean romantic love, I believe this quote can also cover a greater variety of love.

Love of music allows for our favorite music to lift the weight and pain from our lives, at least for a while. The same goes for the love of laughter and comedy. The same goes for story telling and listening to those stories. That’s why we go to movies an plays, right?

In short, love of anything can help us deal with the weight and pain of life, even if only for a short while. The love of the little things in life, as well as the big things, is what helps make life livable.

Why is Love’s Freedom important?  

Love is important to our lives in many different ways. Today, I would like to consider how love can grant us freedom from the drudgery and annoyances of day-to-day life. The quote calls it the weight and pain of live, but that sounds a little dramatic for my tastes (but it was written by a dramatist, so it figures).

As mentioned above, there are many different types of love which help us forget the unpleasantness of life, if only for a little while. There are beneficial ways to forget, and harmful ways to forget. I would urge everyone to avoid the harmful ways (by abusing drugs or alcohol).

That leaves us with the beneficial loves. One might be the love of reading, of watching plays or movies. These allow us to become lost in the story, and forget ours. The hours spent with people you love, whether it’s a familial love, a brotherly love, or a romantic love, all provide us with a break from the unpleasantness.