What is Love?

We all recognize love once we experience it. More than anything, we know that it exists on the basis of our own feelings, or whatever feelings that we specifically define as love. Somehow, despite our obsession with the concept, we can never fully understand it. Our favorite emotion is one that is thrown around everyday, and while it penetrates so many aspects of our lives, it remains such an abstract and fluid feeling.

I call love fluid simply because it comes in a different form to everyone and there is no clear meaning or description of how one is supposed to feel when they find it. I can't label or simplify love. It is purely subjective and something that can only be understood, at least emotionally, when personally experienced.

We've all been told that we can't pass judgement on other people's relationships because we aren't involved in them, and this speaks to the idea of love as only comprehended by those experiencing it. We may disagree with why two people are together, but we have no idea of what makes them work, and how they feel about one another. Their understanding of love may be worlds different than our own. Love to one may be companionship and a sense of security, love to another could be a deeper emotional connection.

Love, in the romantic sense, is truly puzzling. I have racked my mind time after time to solidify some sort of meaning, but to no avail. I find myself looking to my emotions only to define another, and am left with the idea that it cannot be explained, only felt.

What do you think love is? What are the feelings that you associate it with? Please feel free to express anything about your personal understanding of love.