What is Love???

The dictionary defines Love as "a profoundly, tender, passionate affection for another person." But what is it really? Sometimes I think love is evil. Love can make you blind to things once important in your life. I guess that is the meaning of 'Love is blind'. Love can have your 'nose wide open'. Love can make you think no one wants you to be happy be the one you claim to love. Love can make you sequester yourself away from the real world. Love can make you turn your back on your family.

Love Stinks! Love is a Battlefield. Love makes the world go round. In truth, love drives everything we do. We lie, steal, kill and do lots of awful things, all in the name of love. Not only is love the most confusing emotion there is, it is also the most confused. We think we love someone because they give us the attention we craze. We think we love someone because the sex is good. We think we are in love because a person is nice to us.

We all show love in different ways. Some of us smother with love, while others love by giving freedom. If you are a smotherer, you may not recognize the love that is given by someone that gives freedom love. If you are a freedom lover, you are probably overwhelmed by the smotherer. If I don't recognize the kind of love you give....is it really love?

"I love you...I'm in love with you." Do they mean the same? You can love someone without being in love, but can you be in love without loving?


Mainly, love is about compromise. If you are unwilling to compromise for the sake of love, are you really in love? What happens when you fall out of love? Does that tender, passionate affection go away? Can you fall out of love in a week? Can you be in love with someone in 2 months? What happens when the "Honeymoon period" is over? Will you still be in love? Someone once said to me, "Love is patient." Does love really wait? Can you really love someone else, if you don't really love yourself? Can you even tell when you don't love yourself? Can being in love be an excuse to not be alone?

To me love can only be define over time. Time will really tell if it really is love. For those of you who are 'In Love' and that love is being given back to you in a way you recognize...Hooray!!! I know how you feel...I'm there. For those of you who are still looking for love in all the wrong place...I feel sorry for you. Maybe the one place you haven't looked is where you will find it...Look inside yourself, before you look for someone else the validate you. Open your heart to the possibility of you being good enough to be loved, and find some self love.

Good luck on your hunt for LOVE.