What is Love???????

A pain that feels good.

Love is commitment, faithfulness, honesty, genuineness, not selfish, not self-seeking, but warm, inviting, not fault-finding, respectful, thoughtful, kind, accepting one as they are and supportive. A lot of things.

On Love, by Khalil Gibran

Then said Almitra, Speak to us of Love.
And he raised his head and looked upon
the people, and there fell a stillness upon
them. And with a great voice he said:
When love beckons to you, follow him,
Though his ways are hard and steep.
And when his wings enfold you yield to
him,
Though the sword hidden among his
pinions may wound you.
And when he speaks to you believe in
him,
Though his voice may shatter your dreams
as the north wind lays waste the garden.

For even as love crowns you so shall he
crucify you. Even as he is for your growth
so is he for your pruning.
Even as he ascends to your height and
caresses your tenderest branches that quiver
in the sun,
So shall he descend to your roots and
shake them in their clinging to the earth.
•
Like sheaves of corn he gathers you unto
himself.
He threshes you to make you naked.
He sifts you to free you from your husks.
He grinds you to whiteness.
He kneads you until you are pliant;
And then he assigns you to his sacred
fire, that you may become sacred bread for
God’s sacred feast.

All these things shall love do unto you
that you may know the secrets of your
heart, and in that knowledge become a
fragment of Life’s heart.

But if in your fear you would seek only
love’s peace and love’s pleasure,
Then it is better for you that you cover
your nakedness and pass out of love’s
threshing-floor,
Into the seasonless world where you
shall laugh, but not all of your laughter,
and weep, but not all of your tears.
•
Love gives naught but itself and takes
naught but from itself.
Love possesses not nor would it be
possessed;
For love is sufficient unto love.

When you love you should not say,
“God is in my heart,” but rather, “I am
in the heart of God.”
And think not you can direct the course
of love, for love, if it finds you worthy,
directs your course.

Love has no other desire but to fulfil
itself.
But if you love and must needs have
desires, let these be your desires:
To melt and be like a running brook
that sings its melody to the night.
To know the pain of too much tenderness.
To be wounded by your own under-
standing of love;
And to bleed willingly and joyfully.
To wake at dawn with a winged heart
and give thanks for another day of loving;
To rest at the noon hour and meditate
love’s ecstasy;
To return home at eventide with grati-
tude;
And then to sleep with a prayer for the
beloved in your heart and a song of praise
upon your lips.

Is that your real photo?

We use love in a lot of different ways.
I think lasting, committed love has to be a choice that I make daily. In romance, I believe the most common mistake is to believe love is having your needs met. Lots of better answers below. 🙂

It's something that is as old as human existence itself! What is it? Maybe the real question is how do you find it? Where is it? How do you know when you have found it?....it's as different as we are as people. As great as it is...there is no bigger pain in life than when you lose it or are betrayed by it.

Love is a commitment to do whatever it takes to protect and nourish the bond you have with someone. It doesn't matter whether it's love for a man woman or even a child. You simply do whatever it takes to make the relationship flourish. If you don't know how to do something you find out, if differences occur you strive to find a way to resolve them in a manner that honours both of you. Love is forever, it's not there just to make you happy till you get bored one day and decide to move on to someone else.

Love is anything you want ! My heart thrives on family and friendships atm , another kind of love.. oh and art. Any form of art that makes my heart feel happy :)

Great question!

A few people including myself believe love is whatever the two people make it to be.

Love is respect, love is kindness, love is a deep emotional connection to someone

An extension of yourself into a new form of existence - ecstasy.