Love

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"Love is not a feeling...Love is respect and admiration." (poochie) Is this qoute true? Some believe so, others believe differently. What do I consider love to be?
To me love is not an emotion, feeling, or charactistic. It is simiply a word misused all too often in our world. There is no such thing as love at first sight. Love is not an attraction based on looks alone. "Only I know what the meaning of love is and only you know what the meaning of love is..."(L.X. Yakubov) Love is a risk, a sacrifice, and a determination! There is no real meaning of love. It is undefinable but the dictionary has many definitions on what love really is. Most of those are based on attraction alone. The only decent one is "an unselfish concern for the good of another".
Everyday some one claims that they have fallen in love, more than likely they have fallen in lust! The words "I Love You" spoken softly and sweet make people believe many untrue emotions. "I Love You" is like a drug such as Date Rape, Marijuana, and alcohol. They make you do stupid things without a realization. You feel like the world has stopped turning and you are "floating on cloud nine". How can we make the world stop or number the clouds? That would be like trying to number the stars.
You hear people speak of their love for a toy, candy bar, or a pair of shoes. When you speak the words "I Love You" to a person do you mean them in the same way you love your favorite toy, candy bar, or pair of shoes. Nine times out of ten you do. We treat the admiration for a loved one like the way we admire a new pair of jeans that fit just right. We will wear them for a while until they start to fall apart or we find a newer, better pair of jeans the next week.
It is hopeless to try and find love. You can't just go out looking for it. It never happens the way you expect it to or when you expect it to. Finding love in this world is like searching for "a needle in a haystack". When it happens yo...