“Love is not finding someone to live with; it's finding someone you can't live without.”

—Rafael Ortiz

       …It’s easy to understand why we should not love if you have understood the previous parts, esp. LOVE 5 & 6. There are some reasons why we love [LOVE 5] and these are not always the same with why we should love [LOVE 6]. So there must be some reasons why we should not love.

a)     We should not love someone we can ‘live with’ just because we have to love someone, without any feeling of love for her/him.

b)    We should not love someone in a hurry out of the thought what others will think if they know that we are single. It is rather ridiculous to pervert our own feelings for others’ opinions.

c)     We should not love someone just because (s)he loves us (i.e. if not mutual love). Sometimes we feel that if I don’t love the one who loves me, then how can I be sure that the one I love will also love me? It can be true, but not a universal truth.

d)    We should not love out of the thought that if we let the ‘chance’ go (if chance comes, of course), we may not get another chance. Once again, it can be true, but not a universal truth. And I must repeat, having or not having ‘chances’ should not be the reason to love or not to love.

e)     Once again, there might be other opinions also in this list, depending upon individuals.

To say the least, one should not love someone if (s)he does not love her/him.

To be continued…