WHAT IS LOVE? Love is a strong feeling of affection for another arising from kinship or personal ties. (2) Unselfish loyal and benevolent behavior or concern for the good of another. (3) A feeling of intense desire and attraction toward a person with whom one is disposed to make a pair; the emotion of sex and romance (Webster’s Dictionary). There are many different definitions of love.
To each person it is different, but most agree it is one of the most important emotions to the each creature on this earth. There are also many different forms of love. For instance, love for your family versus love for a mate. It is still a mystery to most people why people do crazy things for love, or why people feel love “conquers all” Love is not just a feeling, but it is the way that you treat the ones you care for. It is making that sacrifice for someone even though you might not benefit from it yourself. Love is how you make another person feel when you are in their presence.
Many people show or express their love for someone in many and different ways. To me love is in the actions not the words. Definitions of love go as far as Greek mythology. For example, the story of Cupid and his mortal Bride Psyche.
There are many explanations on how love exactly came to mean what it does. According to John Lee there are 6 different types of love. 1. Erotic love: romantic, sexual irrational, and largely based on physical attraction. 2. Manic love: intense, all consuming, possessive, and fluctuating between joy and despair.
3. Ludic love: egoistic, self-serving, competitive, and based on an unequal relationship between one partner who is highly committed and another who is emotionally uninvolved. 4. Pragmatic love: a rational, practical, fair exchange between two carefully matched partners.
5. Stor gic love: the companionate, stable love that emerges from a relationship between friends. 6. Aga pic love: the altruistic devotion of one partner for the other. Many people have theories, but overall love is whatever the actual individual perceives it to be. Love is only 4 letters, but it is the most complicated emotion yet.
It can make you sad, happy, and mad all at the same time. It seems love is important but many often do not see the true meaning. In my opinion love is about looking into the eyes of the person you share it with and knowing that whatever you did wrong in your life couldn’t have been so bad because it brought you to this person. It means that no matter what, you are willing to go through thick and thin to be with this person. It’s a feeling that cannot be explained with words but if I had to pick one word to describe this wonderful yet, difficult emotion it would be, breathtaking.