So much for returning to it later that day. But I'll go ahead and elaborate now.

What is love? Is love the feeling of nausea, where you're on the verge of throwing up (or just plain throwing up) when the girl (or guy) of your dream walks by? (eg. South Park. :) Or is it that pain you feel deep inside your chest, where you have to catch your breath because that one person just looked in your general direction? Wondering if she (or he) is looking at you and not someone around you? Or perhaps it's that longing you feel inside. How do you know if you're in love? Or do you just know? Is it an emotion that you can define with words? Just one definition of love is : "A feeling of intense desire and attraction toward a person with whom one is disposed to make a pair; the emotion of sex and romance." Really. Somehow I cannot imagine that that's all it is. "intense desire and attraction". Somehow I find that not quite enough.

So what do I think love is? And how do I know I'm in it? I hate to be the one to break it to you, but the only person who can answer that is yourself. I mean seriously. Just as pain is subjective, so is love. Sure it is. It's different for everyone. I have a friend that falls in love with a different woman everyday. We laugh it off as obsession or perhaps even lust. But to him? It's love. Sure you could say that love is an everlasting feeling that truly lasts forever. But who are we kidding. It's not always like that. There are those out there who are lucky, very lucky to have fallen in love and actually kept that feeling for that one person all this time. Some of us (or most of us, I think) are not so fortunate. I mean seriously. So you see, the feeling of "love" is subjective. And I almost have to believe that yes, it may be used rather loosely. But I don't tell a woman that I love her just to get her into bed. That would be morally wrong. I'm not a saint, believe me. I am not one who has never sinned. "Let he who has not sinned cast the first stone." Yeah, I thought so. But I do have honesty, integrity, and most of all respect for other people. I'm not one to love too easily. Which was not always the case. I suppose that after having my heart broken many times, I have learned not to love so easily. Some would say that I am rather too honest or too trusting. Perhaps. But that does not mean that it is wrong to fall in love. Sure, there may be circumstances where you should not have fallen in love with someone. Perhaps it is your neighbor's wife (or husband) or perhaps it is a woman who is already spoken for. But I still do not think that falling in love with someone is wrong. It would be wrong to act upon the urges. But I digress.

But what about "True Love"? Does it exist? As a dreamer, I believe that it exists. I truly honestly believe that every person in this world has someone else who is their exact match, and were meant to be together. Do we always find them? Of course not. I would imagine that you would have a better chance of winning the lottery than finding "True Love". But what is it you ask. What is "True Love"? In my mind, I think that true love is utter devotion, unconditional surrender to your mate. A feeling that without them you are not quite whole. That you are not "complete". (which in itself is ridiculous, no one is truly incomplete) It's unwavering loyalty, longing, desire, Passion. I capitalize passion because I truly believe that every relationship should not be without passion. Passion is the fruit of love; the basis of love. Without passion, there is no desire. Without desire, there is no love. Without love...we are but empty husks in the cycle of life. Passion feeds the fire that is awakened in all of us. Love is Passion. Passion is Love.

So my original point? What is love? Love is you, me, and everything in between. Love is everything, Love is the universe, Love just is. Don't define it, don't put labels on it, just experience it and enjoy it. Have fun. Live your life like you've never fallen in love before. Love is.