You come home, and you are greeted with a big wet kiss from Sweet P. You are walking through the grocery store when you notice a mother holding her seven month old child and smiling at him as he laughs back. You are at a concert of your favorite artist. As he/she performs a song, you notice the raw emotional expressions on the musicians faces and the artist. You have just met the man/woman of your dreams, and you cannot stop thinking about him/her. Everytime you think about him/her, it brings a lovely smile to your face. What do each of these situations have in common with one another? They all represent some type of love, how do you know it is love? How do you know someone loves you, or that you love that special someone?
Anyone can easily determine if someone loves him/her based on the other person's actions. When most of a person's actions towards you are positive, the feelings he/she has towards you comes from a positive emotion. Actions from another person helps you guage the type of feelings a person has for you, but how do you know when you love someone? If actions are used on one end, then the feelings are used on the other. In order, to know if it is love you feel for someone think about him/her and see how you begin to feel. When you spend time with this someone, how do you feel? When you hug this someone, how do you feel? When you gaze into this someone's eyes, how do you feel? When you kiss this someone, how do you feel? While doing these things, do desire it to never end? While doing these things, do you become overwheled with a feeling that is so intoxicating you cannot fully describe it? You feel similar....connected....on cloud nine....excited/nervous....hopeful....better than you have ever felt before. The list goes on and on as does the story of love. Continue writing your story of love, but most importantly, make sure you enjoy reading with the people and things you enjoy most!
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach.
-Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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