"The Actual Definition Of Love..."

Throughout recorded history - an enigma has haunted some of the greatest minds that the world has ever known...

It is a mystery that has plagued the brains of the very brightest of philosophers, scientists, educators, and artists that have ever drawn breath. People have dedicated entire fortunes and lives to the seemingly impossible task of wrestling with the secret of unravelling the answer to this nagging puzzle.

The riddle being..."What is LOVE"?...

I have heard many interpretations. Some say "Love is a feeling that you get that's indescribable". Others are more honest - stating simply that they "really don't know".

I have heard people say that love means "different things to different people". An ambiguous response - but serving to further illustrate the problem.

I am about to do something that is profound, and may earn me immortality - I am about to answer this riddle for you. Are you ready?...

BRACE YOURSELF...

The definition of love is so fundamentally simple - as to cause all but absolute rage to well up like a bonfire in the hearts of those who have tirelessly sought to reveal it without success - here it is...

Love is : Having concern for another's welfare and well being that is eqaul to - or greater than, the concern that one has for one's own - in no lesser measure.

There you have it.

It's not a knight in shining armour rescueing you from the mundane, or a tall, dark, handsome, wealthy stranger whisking you off to romantic adventures. That makes for a nice movie - but it's not love.

The firemen and rescue workers who climbed the World Trade Towers looking for survivors demonstrated the definition of love flawlessly.

It can even be as simple as giving someone else your coat on a cold day.

Love comes in many different forms - but it always has the same rigid, static definition - and that definition is eternally indelible and unchanging.

We've complicated the issue - and by doing so, we have obscured love to our failure to properly recognize it.

Many relationships have begun under the false pretense of love, dooming them from the start - and many relationships have ended needlessly, because our own delusions and frivalous expectations blinded us to it's presence...

I have given you the golden measure by which to judge your world,
your signposts will now begin to appear - have a good journey, and a wonderful destination...