Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
One must understand whether "what is love" can be a question which can be answered? Love cannot be a question. For, if it is a question then an answer should be there. If the answer is there, where is it? This question is ancient and an answer should have been found by now! If the answer has been found, the question would have disappeared.
But the question still remains, meaning the answer has not been found. If it has not been found as yet, then what is the certainty that it will be found? Maybe the mind can never find the answer! A single answer, which will please all minds, is not possible for each mind has its own ideas of love. Hence a universal answer is an illusion.
Individual answers are there for love and for this very reason there are arguments about love for each mind will contradict the answer of another mind. This contradiction is normal for each mind lives in a different point in time. Hence "what is love" is an illusionary question, which has no answer!
Read "The Dead" by James Joyce and one will see there is many forms of love. Each unique, but each are examples of love. Love thus has no definition because it has many meanings. Between Hope, peace and love, the greatest of these is love. Hi Nath
alabamabebeBanks of the Warrior River, Alabama USA4,404 posts
Love is what I feel when I hold my baby granddaughter, what I feel when I see my baby girl taking such good care of her baby, those are the two strongest loves in my life now. It's what I feel when someone shows they care for me. It's the feeling I have when my friends are there for me, and I for them. It's the feeling I know that I can feel for the right man, if he'd just let me.
love is understanding, instead of arguing futilely with her when she nags you, you say the immortal words for a lasting relationship, and just say "yes dear!"
I am by no means an expert on this subject. However, I would say that love is the most mysterious of all human emotions. In some cases beyond our understanding. I say that because I don't understand it. I've been known to question its existance every now, and then.
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