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Hello English Club members! This week, we dive into a profound and beautiful topic: The True Meaning of Love and Connection. Love and connection are universal experiences, but what do they truly mean? How are they different? How do they shape our lives?

Let's explore this together. Feel free to answer any of the questions below. There are no right or wrong answers—just share your thoughts and experiences in English!

❤️Subtopic 1: Defining the Indefinable❤️

Let's start with the basics. How do we put these big ideas into words? 

In your own words, what is "true love"? Is it a feeling, an action, or a choice?

How would you define a "true connection" with another person? Is it the same as friendship?

What is the difference between love and connection? Can you have one without the other?

🧡Subtopic 2: Different Types of Love and Connection(Family, Friends, Romance) 🧡

Love isn't just one thing. It appears in many parts of our lives. 

How is the love for a romantic partner different from the love for a family member or a close friend?

Can you love someone you have never met in person (for example, a pen pal or an online friend)? Is this connection as strong as a "real-life" one?

What about self-love? Why is it often said that you must love yourself before you can truly love others? Do you agree?

💛Subtopic 3: Building and Keeping Connection💛

Connections don't just happen; they need work. How do we create and maintain them?

What are the most important ingredients for a strong connection? (e.g., trust, honesty, shared interests, good communication).

In today's world of social media, is it easier or harder to form deep connections? Why?

Have you ever felt a "instant connection" with someone? How would you describe that feeling?

💙Subtopic 4: Challenges and Misunderstandings💙

Sometimes, love and connection are difficult.

Can true love exist without arguments or disagreements? Why or why not?

What should you do when you feel a connection with someone is becoming weak or is broken?

Is it possible to be "too connected" to someone? When does a strong connection become unhealthy?

💜Subtopic 5: Love, Connection, and Culture💜

Our background can influence how we see these concepts.

How are ideas about love and romance different in your culture compared to Western cultures (as often shown in movies)?

In your culture, is love more important for marriage, or are other factors (like family approval or stability) more important?

Are people in your country generally open about expressing love and connection?

💝Fun & Interactive Questions to Encourage Participation💝

To make the discussion more lively, you can also include these shorter, more personal questions:

Quote of the Week: "Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies." - Aristotle. Do you agree with this quote?

Song/Movie Prompt: Share a song or a movie scene that you think perfectly shows the meaning of true love or a deep connection. Explain why!

Fill in the blank: "A world without connection is a world without ______."

This or That: Which is more important for a lasting relationship? A) Great communication B) Common values?

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I think perhaps "Love" is different from "Caritas"

In your own words, what is "true love"? Is it a feeling, an action, or a choice?

While "love" is quite different from "caritas," I believe "true love" contains elements of the latter. When you feel true love for someone, you sincerely wish them well, even if you never have the chance to form a connection with them. It is a more mature form of love.

What is the difference between love and connection? Can you have one without the other?

A relationship without an emotional bond may not necessarily be about love, but a relationship with one certainly is

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How is the love for a romantic partner different from the love for a family member or a close friend?

🤔Perhaps the love for a romantic partner has the ingredients of "sexual desire" and the love for a family member or a close friend doesn't have?

What about self-love? Why is it often said that you must love yourself before you can truly love others? Do you agree?

Of course we should love ourselves first before we try love others, or other people will exploit you

What are the most important ingredients for a strong connection? (e.g., trust, honesty, shared interests, good communication).

I think the most important thing is "always giving the benefit of the doubt"

Can true love exist without arguments or disagreements? Why or why not?

Of course we can have arguments or disagreements with people who we love, because every people have their own language

What should you do when you feel a connection with someone is becoming weak or is broken?

I will try to patch things up, but if he/she doesn't want to do that, I'll let him/her go

In your culture, is love more important for marriage, or are other factors (like family approval or stability) more important?

Many elders think love is not the most important thing for marriage, only material conditions and stability

Are people in your country generally open about expressing love and connection?

We are not open about expressing love and connection

Actually the title should be 【Unpacking the Meaning of Love and Connection】

🤔I suddenly think of many parents do evil things in the name of love

In your own words, what is "true love"? Is it a feeling, an action, or a choice?

An action that you protect and help a person, because we have relevant feelings but don't take actions sometimes.

Can true love exist without arguments or disagreements? Why or why not?

If it really existed, it could. The arguments are incidents instead of necessary elements.

It's today's Shanbay Daily Sentence:

Love is the one thing that transcends time and space.

Can you love someone you have never met in person (for example, a pen pal or an online friend)? Is this connection as strong as a "real-life" one?

Yes. Meeting in person or not is only a matter of forms. But sometimes I feel unrealistic about it and we human are born to tend to have a real-life experience. 

Quote of the Week: "Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies." - Aristotle. Do you agree with this quote?

Not so agreed.  I think lovers can be even different instead of the same soul. 

Let's start with the basics. How do we put these big ideas into words? 

Love is usually used in intimate relationship, while the word of "connection" refers to a bigger thing, like academy connection, profession connection and etc.

In your own words, what is "true love"? Is it a feeling, an action, or a choice?

Hard to say, because it's hard to define what true love is.

What is the difference between love and connection? Can you have one without the other?

Usually connection is based on interests. However, when we say love, we usually expect that love is free from interests. At least, we seldom talk about interests in love between parents and children, between a man and his partner and between a man and his homeland.