What is love? And what does it have to do with anything?
Love is an emotion. A very powerful one at that. When one thinks of love, all kinds of things come to mind. Movies perhaps, like Casablanca, The Way We Were, Ghost, Pretty Woman, Gone With the Wind. Or maybe a song, like “Baby I Love Your Way” by Peter Frampton, “All Out of Love” by Air Supply, “Best of My Love” by the Eagles. Or memories of the ’60s may evoke feelings of love – Haight-Ashbury, hippies, flower power, make love not war. Without love, where would we be?
Our early love affair with our parents would’ve had a major influence, one would think, on how we would love in our adulthood. It would also have had an impact on our relationships with our friends, our lovers and later on, our own children. Mother Teresa once said, “We can do no great things, only small things with great love.”
Love has the power to move mountains. It can cause great men to weep, and it can bring those same men to their knees. Love can change everything. It can change how you see the world and how the world sees you.
Love has inspired men and women all over the world to create and to spread their wings where once, perhaps, they would not have had the courage. Love has been sought after by great poets, singers, writers and directors.
Love is defined in the Webster’s dictionary as a strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties, maternal for a child; attraction based on sexual desire, affection and tenderness felt by lovers; affection based on admiration, benevolence or common interests.
Love is what makes the world go ’round, or so the saying goes. It is one of the most powerful emotions known to man. It encompasses so many different realms, yet is so simple. Love is the one emotion that is difficult to define. In fact, in some cultures, there is no word for love. Therefore it can be said that love has many different meanings for many different people.
What’s love got to do with it? I can only conclude that love pretty much has to do with anything and everything, and anyone who is good and kind and joyful. Love is for those of us who are hopeful and happy. It gives us strength, power and the courage to continue on this journey we call life.
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