The Positive Meanings of Love: Meanings of love

Meanings of love(background information):
Though love is a variety of feelings and involves a variety of things, the varieties themselves can be meaningfully explained and described, and they can be explained and described simply in terms of everyday experience rather than in scientific jargon or theory. The following show people's understanding of true love: love is a feeling or kind of attraction; love represents a magnetic attraction between two people; love is a feeling of high emotional affiliation ... which sends a person's ego to dizzying heights. Besides, love has more to do with companionship and compatibility: love is the physical and mental compatibility of two people; love is the end result of a mature union of two compatible personalities; love is helping the other person whenever he needs it ... being his companion. Love is having common goals, dreams, and ambitions; love is doing things together and liking it; love concerns “giving”, it is giving time, understanding and trust ...      The web page at http://www.reflectionshawaii.com/poetry/whatislove.htm lists a nice set of words that characterizes love. Kids' interpretation about love such as the ones at http://www.pianoladynancy.com/meaning_of_love.htm is also fun to read. For more information, please refer to http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/montage/Montage_96-01/lovedrug.html for the chemistry of love. The website at http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/hottopics/love/index.shtml discusses in more detail about the science of love.