The Definition of Love

Ephesians 5:31-33 “As the Scriptures say, ‘A man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.’ This is a great mystery, but it is an illustration of the way Christ and the church are one. So again I say, each man must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.”

    Loving someone means to care for another as, or more than, you would care for yourself. One has to be prepared to make sacrifices. However, loving someone is not a one way action. Returning someone’s love means being capable of giving to them, what they are presenting to you. At this stage in my life, I feel love means being willing to throw away my whole world for this one person. Everything is revolved around love, or the lack there of. No one has a substantial urge to be without someone to care about, or someone to care for them. And how one treats others is a direct reflection of the love that grows within them. Love is shown through acts of kindness, patience, honesty, and selflessness. It can be a big hoopla full of emotion, or as simple as a kiss on the forehead. Love is a beautiful thing, but it is not something to be taken lightly. When considering loving someone, giving things up for them, striving to please them, think if they would do the same for you, and put you on a pedestal. Ask yourself, are they worth it?

                                                                                                                        

Love is Forever

     The love between a mother and a daughter is forever, and only they would know that. A mother is a daughter first best friend. Someone who is always there and believes in what she thinks. Never will I question why because deep down I know she will never tell me wrong. Our memories will never be broken, from our shopping days to our arguing days. In reality, everyone knows that in some point of their they will disagree, but never hate. I love my mom and I'm not embarrassed to tell her in front of my friends, and only true ones would agree. I believe that love I something special. Something that can change nightmares into dreams. I will always believe in my mom and I know she will always believe in me. Love is a strong word, but in this situation can never be used wrongly. Me and my mom will always have a special relationship that no on else can have.  

Love or Nah...

            I do not believe love is what people make it out to be. Love is humans primordial instincts to reproduce. I do however, believe that you, me, and everybody else loves at some point. It is not our own faults that we fall in love. Love may surprise you, demoralize you, and sometimes jeopardize your own sanity. On the flip side, it can be the best thing that ever happened to you.
            The science behind love is actually quite intriguing. Love is the sure result of the chemicals testosterone, oestrogen, adrenaline, dopamine, serotonin, oxycotin, and vasopressin in the brain. These neurotransmitters do miraculous things when you become attracted to someone.
              Many of my peers and elders would like to say that love is incomparable and inexplicable. Although the brain cannot be fully understood, I think it is arbitrary to believe that you are destined to fall in love with a single person. I don't mean to be pedantic. I am just stating pure opinion. All love is is your mind trying to find a mate to better the human race.

Unexplainable Feeling

Unexplainable Feeling


 What is love? Does anybody really know what love is? Love is what most of our movies, songs, and books are based off of, but no one can tell you what it really means. There are lots of different kinds of love. There is the love between a mother and a newborn baby, a husband and a wife, and there's even the love you have for your favorite snack. Love is the most powerful thing in the world, but we all throw it around like it's nothing. Love can be the most beautiful thing in the world, but it can also be the most destructive. But despite the pain and sorrow that love can bring, everyone still strives to achieve it because love is the closest thing we have to magic. Love changes things. The simple four letter word can move mountains and melt a heart of stone.
  When I think of love, I think of Jesus Christ. In the bible it says "He who does not love does not know God, for God is love." Jesus Christ died on the cross for us so we wouldn't have to pay the price for our sins. Why? Because of love. Love is a feeling like no other. Love is giving your everything to something or someone else and not expecting anything in return. Love is cherishing another's happiness more than your own.
  Hearing the word love, many things flash through my mind whether it's a Nicholas Sparks book or the love i have for my brother, but if you were to randomly come up to me and ask me what love is, I would try to answer but the truth this, I have no clue. Sure I have my own interpretations of what the word means but so does everybody else. There's no one definition for love and that's why it frustrates me when parents say, "You don't know what love is, you're too young." So am I supposed to believe that love only comes with age? If I were to ask them what love is, they probably couldn't tell you what it is either because unlike any other feeling, love is unexplainable.

Caroline Taylor

A Pet's Love

    The love for a pet is like no other.  Anatole France once said, "Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened." I think this means that the love for a pet can not be felt until one has had a pet, like a parent holding their new-born child.  My guinea pigs are named Markus and Kyle and I love them more than one would think.  When I received them less than one year ago, I never thought that I would care for them as much as I do now. Essentially, they are my children, my little babies.  I care for them like I would like to do for my own child.  I feed, water, clean, and play with them, just as I would for a child.  I teach them, not what I would teach another human being, but fundamentally the same.  They return my love also; they will lick my fingers or nibble on my shirt.  They love snuggling with me and they have the cutest back-stretches and yawns.  I don't know how I would live, how I did live, when I didn't have them in my life; they are my family.  I don't know exactly how other people feel about their pets, but I would hope that they wouldn't consider them pets, I would hope they would consider them family.

What is Life Without Love?

Love comes naturally to everyone. From the second you were born your mother, father, and the rest of your family automatically loved you. You grow up loving your toys, friends, pets, and everything that is in your life because as a child you are always happy. As you grow up you start to be attracted to other people and you develop crushes on the cutest guys or girls in school. Being a teenager, you don’t really care for what’s on the inside of a person it’s all about the looks. When you set your eyes on the right person, you go on a couple dates and think you fall in love but are it really loves? It is so easy to say the words “I love you’, but to actually mean it is another. They say young people don’t know what true love is and I agree with that. At a young age, you are testing out what you want and what you do not want in a person so it is all a learning experience. Once you settle down and find the person you feel like you can spend forever with, that’s when you find true love and can start a family of your own. When you find the one you will know but you just have to be patient and wait for the right person because that is what will last.  Everyone needs love and has love in their life because without love, there would be no life.

It Completes Us

Where do I belong? I belong in love.

I belong in love because love is where all my feelings are. I’m able to be myself around those that I love and those that love me. I can say my thoughts, feel my emotions, and act myself. Love is where I’m comfortable.

Where do you belong? You belong in love.

You belong in love because love is a special and rare place to find yourself. It’s where we relate to one another.

Where is love? Love is everywhere.

Love is in the teenage social media posts, it’s in the late night talks, the smiles of strangers, and laughter. Love is where you can wake up with a light heart and see past the negative in one another. Love is finding “the one true love” or your “soul mate”. I believe everyone has a soul mate and part of our journey on Earth should be spent searching and falling for it.

When should we love?

We should love all the time. Every chance we get to show someone we love them, we should take it. No matter the circumstances, there is always time for love.

Without love we would never be complete. We would never know what it’s like to be accepted for who you are. We would never know what it’s like to get those feelings that someone adores you. We would never know where home is. Without love we would never be complete.

Love Is A Divide

      Love is a divide, where many people form their own opinions. Whether it be godly love, earthly love, lustful love or etc. Love to me though is my opinion and my opinion is that there is no true love but false love. Many couples will say that they have found the love of their life and that those are the one that they will spend all there time with til the day they die. I beg to differ with those people on account eight out of ten couples divorce or end their relationships with one another. Others believe in a false love where they believe nothing can stop their relationship and yet they get into a fight or an argument about some small thing and they just part ways from one another. Where does love truly come from? How can such a powerful simple word be so complex yet so simple? We all form our own type of love that we believe in. There isn't a better definition than that love is a figment or state of mind feeling emotion. Many may beg to argue me but love is as stated a question that none can answer. I believe I have proven this within this small but powerful paragraph above, fight or argue I stand by my word and if you wish to consult me on the issues do so.   

Love is Infininte

Love is infinite. There are so many ways to express love for others.  Love itself is infinite along with a million ways to say it. There are countless definitions for the word love. I believe love is caring for others and wanting what’s best for them, but there are so many more explanations of love.

Sometimes it isn’t always as plain and simple as “I love you.”  Words such as “put on your seat belt” are one of many ways to say “I love you.”  Saying that is like saying “I love you and I don’t want you to get hurt”. Sometimes you might be telling someone you love them without even knowing it because there are so many ways to communicate love.

Love isn’t always intimate. There are many levels of love like a friendship, boyfriend or girlfriend, or the love for kids.  You can convey your feelings on all these levels with the infinite number of ways to say “I love you”.

 

 

Feeling Loved

       

The word love can have different meanings to different people. In my opinion, true love isn’t something you can define. Trying to explain love is like trying to explain why the color red is named red; love really has no explanation.  The feeling one gets when they have found “their other half” is a feeling like no other. Being in love, is like being excited and happy all at the same time. No matter what happens, or how the day is going, you know there will be that one person that makes everything better. Having the one you love by your side makes you feel like you can face anything that life throws at you, good or bad. The word love gets tossed around by an abundance people who think they are in love but are really in lust. One cannot only love with their eyes, they have to really see someone for everything they are, inside and out, before one can say that they truthfully love them. You cannot make yourself fall in love with someone, you can also not control who you fall in love with. Love comes at random and most of the time is much unexpected. People say that if you are trying to look for love, you will never find it; you have to let love come to you and not go seeking it. Lust may come to someone more than once in a lifetime, but when they find the one person that changes their lust into love, they will understand why it never worked out with anyone else before.

The Truth about Love

                                                              The Truth about Love
                The literal definition of love is an intense feeling of deep affection, but I think that love is much more than that. I believe you can show love in the simplest of ways, such as the breakfast in bed or even just a cup of coffee in the morning. The kiss good bye when you leave for work or school and the kiss when you get home. Love is the constant affection. The hugs you receive when you're feeling down, the happiness you feel when you see that person. Or even just a sweet text message to brighten your day. Love is a lot of things but many people think love is a scary thing but the truth about love is that no one knows what it is because everyone has a different definition.
             Love can also be big things. Even life changing things. Love is the simplest thing but it isn't easy.  It's everything you want and definitely worth fighting for. Love is this huge emotion that no one has ever been able to put into words. When you love someone so much that you marry them your whole life changes. Or when you decide to have children the love that you have for them is never ending, similar to the love that Christ had for us when he sacrificed himself on the cross to give us eternal life. No love could ever compare to the love he has for us.

Love is an Emotion

Love is the emotion that you, I, and everybody feels when they are nonstop thinking and talking about one person in particular, in my opinion. People always talk about how much they think about that person, how much they love that person, and how they want to marry them. You can tell that somebody in in love by the expressions on their faces. People who are in love will always make play on words about how their love for someone is perfect. I am guilty of doing this exact thing when I think that I am in love.Love to me affects my entire mood, my day (depending on how my day went), and pretty much everything about me, that you don't already know about me. When I think that I am in love somebody, I start to ramble about them to a point where I wont stop talking. I would draw pictures of my boyfriend's name during some classes. I will tell you everything about my boyfriend just because. You can tell when I think that I am in love with somebody. I will have a huge smile on my face everyday and I will be happy in general. To me love means that I am a kind enough, smart enough, and caring person to woo someone's heart into making me feel loved. Love means that I can make somebody happy enough without having to change anything about me. I will listen to classical love songs when I am in love.
Love can be shown in multiple different ways. Love can be show through songs, gifts, and physical contact. The most common used way to show love is through physical contact. People will hold each other's hand, kiss each other, hug each other, and other public displays of affection. 

That One Love

What is love? There are so many ways to describe it. I don't think one fully understands until you experience it on your own, because everyone interprets it in their own way. Love is one of the most powerful things. It changes your perspective towards everything. When you have such strong feelings towards a person, not just strong feelings, but constant feelings; there is never a dull moment when you’re together. You can just imagine the rest of your life with them. There is trust, honesty, and respect for one another. When you’re upset they are right by your side to pick you up and put a smile right back on your face. They encourage you to pursue your dreams and lead you to believe that you really can do anything.

Some fall in what they think is love too easily, only to end up with a broken heart. You want your first love to be you’re only love. Sometimes they turn out to be the person you never thought they were. In the end, it is not so much the person you miss, but the memories and experiences you had with them you don’t want to lose. In some cases it is a dangerous or hurtful thing. I have witnessed this firsthand from people I never would have imagined. It’s a delicate thing and we aren’t always the best caretakers of it.

Is love real or just an illusion?

Love is a beautiful thing. I don’t personally think you must be “in love” or must be drowned in love to have experienced love. Truly you don’t have to be in a relationship nor even have friends in order to love. Although, I do think everyone loves, has been loved, and shows love through their way of life each and every day.

Love is patient. Love is kind. Love is not rushed nor passed up. One will fall in love when the time is right. Lots of people, too many to count, are heartbroken everyday by what they think love is. There is not a certain time, age, date you will fall in love, truly fall in love. Sometimes, people rush love. Teenagers, like myself, seek love. We crave a boyfriend or girlfriend; we pray to be loved by someone because we fight with our parents, hate school and love our friends. We constantly wish someone would come along that would just finally satisfy us. Love comes naturally.

The Power of Love

Love has many powers including; immortality and super strength.  Love is the like the superhero of the universe; it can make people do just about anything.  People will change drastically, if they are driven by love. 

Love never dies; therefore it is immortal.  A person doesn’t need to be right in front of you for you to love them.  If separation causes love to fade, then it was never true.  I loved my great-grandfather very dearly.  When he died, I was heartbroken and wouldn’t believe he was really gone.  With all the memories he left behind, I still love him and maybe even more than before.  That comes to show even death cannot kill love.  Death is like a villain, but love conquers all and comes out on top.  Love is never forgotten, so it can never be lost.  Distance would never be a problem, as long as the love is true.

Love ties people together with the strongest bond.  Its strength can beat the power of death and distance. Love bends and twists two people’s emotions and ties them together.  Love only gets stronger as two people fall into it.  Death may take a person from another physically, but never mentally.  Love holds on so tightly; no matter how hard you try to rid yourself of it, love never leaves.

Love has the power to drive people and completely consume them.  People will do anything, because the strength of love drives them to it. People may change, because one may feel they need to please another.  That is really strong, because it changed who you were all your life. One minute you may be an obedient child all your life, and now you’re sneaking around to see someone who you should hate; just as Juliet was in Shakespeare’s famous play, Romeo and Juliet.

The power of love is stronger than it seems. It’s not just some word to be thrown around like it is today’s society.  The strength isn’t as simple as the word itself.  Love can be dangerous because of its strength, but when it is true, it can conquer all.

Looks do not Define a Person

     Philosophers have been trying to define love for centuries. No one seems to know exactly what it is because it different for everyone. Love is not looks. I may not be Venus, but I have a idea.
     In our generation, boys and girls love with their eyes. Rather than loving with their souls. It is not fair for larger sized females or males and unappealing females or males to have a lack of love. Every girl does not look like a Victoria Secret's model. So boys should stop expecting it out of us. Every male does not look like an Abercrombie & Fitch model. So girls should not expect it from them. Sometimes we have to look past flaws, because the beauty of love is in the inside. Outer beauty of love does not last forever.
     In the end, love is not about physical features, but it is joy and happiness, respect, patience, and kindness. It is not a respect of a person. This is love.
   

For me love is family and friends

               What is love? Love is a puzzle that only those in love can solve. Some say it’s what makes the world go round. Some say if you don’t have love, you don’t have anything. While I do agree with these notions, I have a different type of love that people sometimes take for granted, the love of family and friends.

               In my experience, you’ll always love your family. No matter how much wrong they do you you’ll always have a place in your heart for them. Even if it’s a teeny tiny spot it will always be there. So don’t wait until it’s too late to say you love them because too late does exist. I’m not just talking about blood family. I’m talking about any type of family, step-family, half-family, adopted family, extended family, and the family that you chose. That’s not even all the types of families.

               Another form of love is the love you feel for friends. That love feels a whole lot like the love you feel for family. That’s because in most cases your friends might as well be your family. My friends are like brothers and sisters to me. Friends fight just like a family, and if they’re true friends, they forgive each other. Why? It’s because they love each other. Not in the way that has romance but the kind you feel for family.

               Of course, no love is ever easy. You just have to be strong enough to deal with it. Take Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare for instance. They’re families are enemies and nobody even remembers why. Even though they’re supposed to hate each other they fall in love and get married. Then before they can even spend their wedding night together Romeo ends up killing Juliet’s cousin Tybalt. Thus, causing Romeo to get banished from Verona. They learned the hard way that any type of love is never easy.

               To answer the question, “What is love?” it is one of the many secrets of universe. Many have different opinions, but no one has a correct answer. That’s because there is no correct answer. Once you find true love and experience it, then you have an answer for you and only you. For Romeo and Juliet it was that they’d rather die than be without each other, literally. It’s different for everyone. In my case I haven’t found all of the answer yet. As of right now my answer to the question, “What is love?” is friends and family.

Love Is Only As Good As You Make It Out To Be

In the dictionary love is defined as a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person. However, love is difficult to truly define because it refers to a wide range of different feelings, states, and attitudes. Some say that love is both the worst and best experience in life. To me love is a compassionate and affectionate action toward other humans, one's self or animals. Love can be felt for a partner, parents, children, family, and friends; there are no limits on who or what you can or can't love.

It may be easier to say what love isn't than what it is.  Love isn't manipulation, compromising who you are, violence, or just lust. Love cannot be bought, sold, or traded. You cannot force someone to love you, nor can you prevent it, at any cost.

I believe love does affect your attitude and outlook on things. If you have no one around you giving you love and affection then your attitude would be significantly different than someone’s who is loved by a large group of people. But just like anything, it’s only as good as you make it out to be. 

The Meaning of Love

The Meaning of Love What is love? The dictionary defines it as, "an intense feeling of deep affection." Love can be many things and have numerous meanings to different people. To me, love is a feeling you get for someone or something. Love is very important in my life. Without the love of my friends, family, and other things in life, it would be hard to live the wonderful life I am living. When you feel like you have a connection with someone or something, whether it is a strong feeling or weak, it should be taken into consideration. In my opinion, love is something that develops over time. I do not think I have truly ever felt love towards someone, other than my family of course. Love is an important factor of living a happy life. Some people may not experience love from other people. In the dictionary, love is defined as, "an intense feeling of deep affection." In my eyes, love is a feeling you develop towards someone or something. Love is very important, whether it is being loved or expressing it. What is the meaning of love to you?

What About Love?

What about love? Why is it so sought after? Why is everyone looking for love? Why does everyone want to meet "the perfect someone"? They want to because they have seen it everywhere and they want to be a part of it. They want to love someone like Romeo loved Juliet, like Scarlett O'Hara loved Rhett Butler in the 1939 classic Gone With The Wind. Then when they finally start dating, they are never satisfied, they are constantly breaking up and finding the next "perfect mate". You constantly hear about people breaking up and getting divorced. This always makes me wonder. Is this love? Cycling through every possible match until you find the right one? If it is, do you really want to be a part of it?

Love is not as common as it seems

                Love is everywhere - or so we think. I don't think love is true until you've been tested. You may just meet someone, or start dating someone you think you love. You never truly know who they are until you've seen each other at your worst. For example, your brand new boyfriend could seem really nice and absolutely perfect. But then, you go into poverty and see some really tough times. What you want to hear from him probably goes like this: "We'll always be together, even through times like this!", but what you may hear is "I can't deal with this anymore! You're so freakin' poor!"

                Love comes in many forms. It can be romantic, nurturing, and so on. The romantic kind of love is the kind of love that comes from your significant other. It's the type of love that makes you want to make babies together. Nurturing love, however, is completely different. Nurturing love comes from parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and even siblings. Nurturing love makes you want to take care of someone and protect them from any harm. Love is everywhere, but not all of it is true. It takes a while for a true love bond to form.

Love is Everywhere

In life love is seen everywhere. Parents work days and night to put houses over their children`s head and clothes on their body because they love them. Love is in the sacrifices people make, just to make one person happy. The way best friends laugh and joke with each other in class shows their love and how they care for each other. On the radio, there is constantly a song playing that is about the singer`s battle over heartbreak or their lover. In the movies and books there always seems to be some crazy form of love, whether it’s between to enemies or even between two people who haven't even met each other. Another example is how a brother may give up his free time to do his sisters chores so she can go to the mall or hang out with her friends. Love is when you give money to the homeless or donate to the needy. The decisions you make are examples of love. The way a person decides to act whether it’s fair or not, show if they are loving. Advertisements are even shown all over the world saying to love yourself and to find someone to love. Wherever you look, life will always give you an example of love.

True Love

       The oxford dictionary definition of love is a strong feeling of affection. Love is a word that comes and goes, but few people really know what it means to really love someone.  Most people think of love as their family providing for them or their friends sticking up for them.  When I think of love, it is kind and gentle. Love is does not behave rudely or “puffed up” and love does not think evil of people. My point of view of real love is much more than relations with people. True love is what my Lord and savior, Jesus Christ, did on the cross. My bible says that he died on the cross for everyone’s sins, so that we could have life more abundantly on Earth. If he would not have done that, I don’t know where we would be as a people. His love for mankind is the kind of love I want to have for people. Love should not be seen as doing one good thing for a friend. It’s treating every person with kindness from your heart; just as Jesus did. No matter the pigment of your skin; everyone is fearfully and wonderfully made.  Love never fails!

Explanation of Love

       What's something that I hate? Love. Why you ask? Love hurts. Love isn't seeing someone attractive and deciding you're going to get in there pants. Love is way more. Love is an emotion, a feeling, a personal attachment. The dictionary term for love is that it "refers to a variety of different feelings, states, and attitudes that ranges from interpersonal affection to pleasure." To me,  love is the most painful thing your heart can go through until you find the right one. Even if you do find the right one, love can still "sting".  Love isn't only towards the person you plan on being with for the rest of your life; it refers to family and friends, too. You'll always love your children, husbands, wives,  sisters, brothers, cousins, parents, aunts, uncles, etc., and you'll always have that one friend that you love like a brother or sister. Love affects your life very much. Everyone needs love in their life. I don't see how a human being could function without it. Love makes you put others first. Love makes people vulnerable; makes people give their lives for others. It makes people appreciate others. Love is what makes the world go round, and without it, life wouldn't mean anything if people couldn't spend it with the ones they love.

That Special Kind of Feeling

          Love is a word explained in many different ways. I myself, find it to be one of the most difficult experiences, or feelings, to explain. You must experience or feel love to actually know what it is. Love is a special feeling that unfortunately, not everyone gets a chance to feel. It is the feeling of passion, happiness, and heart felt moments. It is the feeling of perkiness and a skip to every step. It is the feeling of being "the only girl in the world." It is the feeling of intimacy and compassion.
          Love can be very strong, if it is the right kind. It is when someone really and truly cares for you and doesn't want you to get hurt, nor do they want to hurt you. It is the irrational, racing beat of your heart, to where your heart begins to skip a beat. Love is when you get that "high," or dizzy, lightheaded, and butterflies when you see "the one." It is when you feel so much attention and care just from that one person, whom loves you more than anything. Love can be rare and can also be one of the most beautiful experiences of your life.

Felt, Not Seen

Love is a powerful action. It's simple to spell, but often difficult to define. In the world today, there are many different depictions of what love may be. Many are fooled by the image of love that movies and books often portray. To me, love isn't something that you can see; it is felt. It can be damaging & frightful, but it can also be beautiful and joyous. Love takes on all different forms. The way I love my family and friends is different from my love for Jesus Christ. It plays a huge aspect in the lives of everyone, whether they have come to realize it or not. We all came from the love that Jesus poured out for us on the cross because without him, we wouldn't be here. Love is putting other's feelings before your own. It is not jealous or boastful. It is unconditional. 3 consonants, 1 vowel, yet so much worth in one word. When you find someone who you believe you truly love, never let them go because they were put there for a reason. To love and be loved is one of the most powerful things. 

Love is Blind

            True love is a very hard thing to find in today's world. If the love two people possess are  actually true, it is blind to today's stereotypes and book definitions. Love is a very strong feeling that overcomes the heart, drowning it with emotion, and blinding the eye of fears. True passionate and affectionate love has no appearance, for it only shows what the heart has on display. If two people are truly in love, looks play a minor or next to nothing role in the reasons why love is present. When love is instilled in the hearts of young adults it lies behind the eyes more than in the heart. As time passes and generations mature, love becomes a more serious feeling that is more clearly understood with age. When a person has found true love, with whomever there eternal love lies in, it's like a blindfold has covered their eyes. When one falls in love, they fall hard, waiting for their love to catch them. Some leave this situation with heartbreak, but others burst with utter happiness. True love sees past all the flaws and imperfections and digs into the heart for the pure beauty it possesses. Love is such a peculiar feeling. When in love, one is so twisted up in emotions that when the initial excitement has passed you look at yourself as a fool. As a wise man once said, "Love is an acceptable version of insanity." Love in the end is love… a four letter word that is so common yet so yearned for. Words cannot describe love, only your heart can define it.

Give it Thought

An intense feeling of deep affection that is the most common yet most rare emotion, love.  A feeling that awakens the soul, deepens the mind, and opens the eyes to many new perspectives.  Some believe that love is common; others however cherish not only the word but also its meaning. But what is love? Could it be just a person’s opinion or is it exactly the same for everyone? I feel that love is many things... love is patience, love is trust, love is giving all of you to something or someone forever. Any and all of these things are significant. If you truly think of giving all your attention, all your trust, all your patience to one thing or person forever, love doesn’t seem as simple as it’s used. I’m only fifteen years old and to be quite honest I don’t know what love is. The one person that I do love and that displays all the characteristics of what I believe is love at fifteen would be my mom.  Every single day she shows patience beyond belief. She’s rarely quick to anger, does anything and everything possible to show her love and care for me, and even though we don’t always agree I will continue to put all of  my trust in her, and after all the mistakes I’ve made she will continue to love me. There is no exact way to put the feeling of love into words, however next time you think you love someone, will you give it thought?

               

Unforced, Different and Real

      Love is such a tossed around word that is so often said but is rarely felt. There are different types of love, one is easily felt and means much less. As you may say I love you to a family member this is the type of love that we all feel. It is more of a type of feeling that you may enjoy the presence of a person. This is often confused with true love. True love is a different type of love; one that is forced to feel with many but will only truly happened with one. This love here is very different and unique. Many will go through looking for a mate and try and create this feeling with the person in order to feel complete. That is not how it works though, because love is not just a feeling but a fate and is set up for you to only feel with one person. True love is enforced and is also returned love. Unreturned love is not true love but many times people feel that they are in love but it is not returned. That feeling of 'love' may feel as though it must happen but that is wrong, because when you truly love someone you will love everything about them including the way they will love you. Loving the person will change your life it will change every decision you make and the thoughts of every moment you take. True love is equally expressed. It is when each sides are willing to devote their lives to each other and put the other's needs in front of theirselfs. True love will come from the heart and burn inside until it is able to be forced out. Love is happiness, it is different, different from anything else, it is felt by two, unforced and real. 

Define "Love"

          Love shouldn't have one solitary meaning, because everyone has a different idea of what it is and how it feels. However, to me, love means being able to talk to someone about mostly anything- someone to trust. Whether it is a boyfriend, a family member, or a friend, I need someone to console me when I’m upset or need advice. Love is having someone to laugh with me, not at me, unless I do something understandably embarrassing and it happens to be funny. Love is not trying too hard to love someone, but still trying to make that person happy. Love means wanting to spend every second with someone, getting sick of them, and then wanting to be with them again. Love is having someone who can push me to try new things. Also, many people say love shouldn't be based on appearance, but it certainly helps to not be disgusting. The word “love” does not have one official meaning. In addition, its definition is only the opinion of a person or group of people who have similar ideas of what love means. So, needless to say, love can be interpreted in countless ways. Just because people may have differing opinions of what I believe love is, does not mean that any of our opinions are correct or incorrect.

The Overused Term Love

       Love is a term that isn't the easiest thing to describe to a person, in fact it's extremely difficult. The dictionary defines love as an intense feeling of affection, with this being said I think the term love itself is abused and used loosely. People say, "I love you," to others they have just met and know nothing about. For example, I believe if a person "loves" someone for their outward appearance, it isn't loving the person at all, but lusting after them. I think being in love with someone is so much more than that. I believe when someone is truly in love with someone else, they will go out of their way to make the other person happy and expect nothing in return. I think when you're in love you share everything about yourself until the person knows every little thing about you, knowing every little imperfection and loving them just as much. Love knows no boundaries, as expressed in Romeo and Juliet. Love isn't about social status, physical attributes, or your last name. Though I haven't experienced being in love, I think it is something so much more complex than these irrelevant things.

Love is Difficult but Extravagant All at Once

Love is the most important thing to the human soul. It makes you feel as though you are special. Love can be shown in many different ways. For example, my love for my family would be way different than my love with a partner. My parents inspire me about love, because their love has lasted for twenty-two years and are still going strong. I am very lucky to have parents that are role models for me and that show me what they want my relationship to be like when I grow up.

Love means so many different things to me, but the only difficult thing about thinking of love is that I have never actually been in love with someone. I think that love is a very strong emotion in the human body, but as I have been told, it feels amazing. When one gets the warmth feeling in their heart with the one they “love”, then that’s when you can actually call it love. Many people “fall in love” with their girlfriends and boyfriends, but then things happen. When it is over, they then look back at their relationship and ask them, “Was I really in love if it ended like this”.

Love is shown in many ways, such as, being you, showing respect to one another, and being honest. If you cannot be yourself around your partner, then what is the point of being with them if you have to be “fake”? Showing respect and being honest are major priorities in role play of love.

Love: Simple and Common

                      Generally, love is considered as being monumentally complex and sometimes considered as impossible to understand but, if it is real it can be understood or proven and we all have felt a form of love on some level. With my thought to this, I now see it as being more simple and not as much of a rarity as commonly believed to be. 
                       To love is such an easy and simple thing to do. It is so simple to do we literally do not often  have the power to stop ourselves from loving. Even in times when we know we could be better off we still love because of how effortless it is to just feel that emotion. How can we call something that everyone feels all the time complex? The feeling and everything that love is is simple however, the only thing that makes it complex is everyone's different view of love and the fact that it is one of the most inefficient traits of humans.
                      Love is also common and not nearly as much of a rarity as people say it is. Everyone has someone who loves them or someone they love. Some say it is so rare and such a treasure that we all have only one true love in our life we are waiting to find but, it is seems so more frequent than that. There are billions of people out there and I am willingly to say you could find probably dozens or hundreds of people that you could eventually love enough to marry and there is an even bigger number of people that you could love. All of the couples could not have found each other by pure chance in the midst of the world's seven billion population.
                     Love's simplicity and attraction keeps us under the emotion's control and makes us still want to feel it no matter how much of an obstacle it can become. It may be inefficient for us or a flaw but it can also keep us going for whatever goal. Love is a grey area because it can be completely amazing or make you feel terribly empty. It has the ability to be the most encouraging or the most hindering emotion you can fathom. Either way, it is in us to have the ability to think with love and we have to suffer or reap the results of our dangerous passions.
                       

What Is Love?

    There are many different types of love. Love between a husband and wife, between a mother and daughter, between an owner and its pet, etc. are just a few to name. Sometimes you can see the love in people's eyes when they talk about their favorite things. Examples are an athlete with their favorite sport or a Christian with their faith. Love is nothing you can see or grab. Love is simply a mutual feeling between two living things that can't be without one another. Many use the phrase "in love" as if nothing in this world can take you out of it. Love can be destroyed as easily as it was made. The wrong timing, wrong feelings, wrong person can all be ways, which in some cases, can be proof that love is not as perfect as people phrase it to be. On the other hand, love can be so right. So many books, movies, plays, and poems are based on the simple four-letter word, yet no one can give a right definition of it. To me, love can be fake. Girls are in love with the idea of love so they label any kind of happiness with another as love and boys love with their eyes and rarely with their hearts. The phrase "I love you" is abused in many ways. Love puts people in a state of mind that anything is possible in its name. Some say that love is the most powerful emotion a person can feel. It overtakes every fiber in your being, weaving its way through your soul and killing you from the inside out. It deteriorates your common sense, causing you to do stupid things all in the name of love. In my opinion, love is the most difficult word to describe, share and confess.

Growing in Love

Many words describe the word love. Love is an emotional and physical connection between two people who are affectionate, devoted, forgiving, and respectful towards one another. Love is patient, kind, unselfish, and giving. Love can be so strong and powerful that it leads two people to marriage. However, love between family members, friends, and children is different. Parents show love to their children by meeting their physical needs and nurturing them when they are young. This type of love helps to develop strong emotional bonds that can last a lifetime. Friends show love by displaying honesty, accepting each other’s strengths and weaknesses, and having fun together. Parents show love to one another by supporting the family, spending quality time together, and giving special gifts and services. My feelings of love mean an unexplainable feeling that you have towards another person. This feeling of love can become so emotional and intense that it becomes more of an obsession. Many people my age may think they are in love, but in reality they are just infatuated with the person and the idea of love. Love affects my life in many ways. God's love helps to guide me in my decision making. Love also gives my life a purpose, a sense of security, comfort, and much more. Love is an awesome thing, and I think everyone should experience it one day, whether it is love for family, friends, children, or that special someone. Love is extremely complex and means many things, but it is one thing that helps me to grow and succeed in becoming the person I am meant to be.

Love is a Sacrifice

     Prisoner of love, crazy little thing called love, lost in love, endless love and love shack are just a few of the many examples of the way love is depicted in music.  But what does love actually mean?  According to Romeo and Juliet love means the ultimate sacrifice for the companionship of another human being.  Of course, drinking poison and stabbing oneself to death for love is a bit extreme, even in today’s society. 

     Love is the fuel that drives humanity to be its greatest, whether it be the love of an idea, the love of a country, the love of a God, or the love of a soul mate.  Soldiers go to war and sacrifice their lives for the love of their country and the protection of the people that they love. Scientists such as Albert Einstein were driven by their love of physics and mathematics to make great discoveries. Love is sacrifice and willingness to go to the ends of the earth for the love of one another. An example of this form of love is my mother’s mission trips to the country of India. The love she shows for orphans and villagers as she spreads the word of Jesus Christ is one of the best examples of sacrificial love for others.

     Love can be a small tingle inside your stomach or a complete and utter explosion of all of your feelings. It can be between siblings, a father and son playing catch, or your first “love” in elementary school. Although love can be splendid, it also has its curses. To love is the greatest gift to humanity with often dangerous and unexpected consequences. Like a newly developed drug, it can cure what ails the heart but has many potential side effects. Love is a battlefield full of triumphs, victories, injuries and miseries.       

To Love or Not To Love

    Love is a pretty complex word. It’s hard to describe. The word love is so much more than three consonants and a vowel. It can be shown and expressed in so many ways today it’s almost hard to keep up with.

   In today’s modern world we find ourselves using the word love more often or even less often. Some of us can’t exactly grasp love, because we’ve never felt it before. What I’m getting at by saying this is that we all love differently whether we believe it or not. Some love with their eyes, others with their heart. This is similar to when Friar Lawrence tells Romeo that, “Young men’s love then lies. Not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes.”  Meaning that men love someone because of their looks and not because of whom they are. This is a way of love that hopefully not many people go by.

   In my own words, I would describe love as the feelings you have for someone that you truly care for. These people being my family, friends, and even that special someone. I express this love in my day to day life as most people do. By telling my family members I love them every day. My reasoning for doing this is because you never know which moment may be your last. Love in my life gives me so many comforting feelings. It lets me know that someone cares for me and is always there for me. I also feel safe and secure. I hope that everyone experiences these great feelings and gets their shot at love.

Love Surrounds Me

Love can come in many shapes, sizes, and forms. My family and the Lord are the people who I love the most. When my dad surprises me with donuts for breakfast, he’s demonstrating his love for me. To me love can take many forms. From elephants to ants, love knows no boundaries. I’ve experienced lots of love in my life. From little things to big things, love is all around me. The first people I ever loved and the first people to ever love me back was my family. Their love is unconditional. No matter what I say or do they never stop loving me. Knowing I have the love of family and friends carries me through times of joy and sorrow. Because I’m raised in a house that celebrates and embraces love, I’m able to give love to others as well. Sometimes just doing things for the ones I love makes me happy. Some examples include helping my parents with my little sister and helping with things around the house. Besides my family, my next greatest love is for the Lord. I rejoice in the knowledge that I am loved by a higher power and that He loves me no matter the circumstances. In closing, love affects my life daily. I look forward to the experiences in my future where love will play an important role. Until then, I’ll continue to enjoy, give, and receive the love that surrounds me.