What is Love?

Ideally, this would be defined as "an intense feeling of deep affection" according to google's first definition. This cannot be the only explanation because in reality there is more than one definition whether by word, feeling, or show.

Relationships:

Under this category, we find different types of love. There are friendships, couple relationships, marriages, partnerships, and more. 

There are friends of all types, especially emphasized clearly in high school or whatnot. You have your acquaintances, your group of friends, you best friends, etc. Let's face a couple of those. How would you see love in acquaintances? You would typically say: none. But then there are those people who would actually have that love. It joins with care. Some people may think this odd, but admit it. Have you ever looked at someone and you're not really friends with them, yet there was something you noticed more about them not everyone else noticed? Then this would lead to recognition, but that's a whole different ball game. There was some type of care you gave to them. The matter of fact that you recognized and might have made an action also shows your love and appreciation somewhere deep in your heart. 

Then we have our group of friends. Where do we see love here? We obviously wouldn't mention "love", but in some cases when it would get intense, there would have to be some kind of clear indication. In all cases, groups of friends care for each other. There is some level of respect, comrades, self-lessness, etc. The reason I say "all" is because if I said "some" what kind of "friends" would they be? Now again, that would rally into another story. 

In some cases, best friends can either be in groups or be in twos. It is more common to see people with best friends in twos because in bigger groups, there is an abundance you would have to split smaller with each other. With this type of friendship, there is more comfortableness with each other. You can easily express something so one another if there's something on your mind. The fact that we have some amount of openness shows that each has some level of trust for one another.

Couple relationships come in all shapes and sizes, but no matter what there is some amount of love involved. There are hook ups, serious relationships, marriages, and ones that just have to do with something one another feels mutually about. The one that stands out most for emphasizing such emotion would be the serious relationships and marriages. With love, there comes sacrifices and hardship. They learn to compromise with each other which takes a part of their heart and some amount of love. Not only do they experience love, but much more. 

Religion:

There are many types of faiths and religions and to some extent, when one learns they learn to love. Whether it's to God, a god/goddess, or just to the people and their environment, there is compassion and selflessness for one another for different types of situations and purposes. The question is, are they willing? Once someone has their faith or religion, it was their choice in the first place to believe and to make that commitment. It will be hard in the long journey, but in the end the most one has is love, not only for themselves, but for everything around them. 

Love is not easy, nor is it hard. If you think really hard of this, it is unexplainable and a feeling that no words can come close to describing. That is the beauty we are blessed with as we grow to experience love. This can go many ways, from the womb to the tomb. With love, it affects a person dramatically at some point in their life. In the end, it worth while because you gain more experience, understanding, and maturity. There is never enough of such a dangerous but wonderful feeling, state, and attitude.