I have been giving a lot of thought lately to love. What is it? How do we show it? How do we know we have it? Why do we seek it? Really, all of this boils down to my first question – WHAT is love?
There are so many different definitions of what love is. For instance, Bing DICTIONARY has these definitions of what love is:
Verb: 1.transitive and intransitive verb feel tender affection for somebody: to feel tender affection for somebody such as a close relative or friend, or for something such as a place, an ideal, or an animal; 2.transitive and intransitive verb feel desire for somebody: to feel romantic and sexual desire and longing for somebody; 3. transitive verb like something very much: to like something, or like doing, something very much; “I love watching old movies on TV.” 4. transitive verb show kindness to somebody: to feel and show kindness and charity to somebody; “love your enemies”; 5. transitive verb have sex with somebody: to have sexual intercourse with somebody (dated)
So Love is a verb – it is an action. It is something we DO. Now, based on the above definitions, it almost seems like it’s more of a feeling we act on, and less of something we should just do. Let’s see what else Bing DICTIONARY has to say about love.
Noun: 1. passionate attraction and desire: a passionate feeling of romantic desire and sexual attraction; 2. very strong affection: an intense feeling of tender affection and compassion; “Young children need unconditional love.” 3. romantic affair: a romantic affair, possibly sexual; 4. somebody much loved: somebody who is loved romantically or sexually; “He was her first real love.” 5. strong liking: a strong liking for or pleasure gained from something “his love of music” 6. something eliciting enthusiasm: something that elicits deep interest and enthusiasm in somebody “Music was his greatest love but he also liked ballet.”
