Where is the Love?

Everyone is searching for Love? Is everyone finding love?

People tell me everyday that they are in love. Most people

are in love with love itself. Most people just think they

are in love. How do you know if you are in love? How is love

defined? Who defines love for you? More than likely you define

your own definition of what love means. Love means many things

to different people. You can love your dog. You can love your

car. You can love your spouse and you can love their friends.

But what does real love truly mean? True love means a sense of

understanding, a committment to be open and caring about

someone.

Being able to sacrifice your needs to fulfill the needs of another

human being. Being able to see and understand their feelings so

deeply that you are willing to give up your needs and desires to

satisfy the needs and desires of someone else. Being there is

good, but physical appearance cannot make up for emotional

support or the ability to recognize the needs of another.

Having the compassion and the knowledge of being able to

recognize their needs and then being able to sympathize

with them to the degree of getting through to him

and helping them overcome the guilt, their feeling of

being helpless, sadness, or negative expressions, is

a sign of true love of mankind.

We are quick to judge others. This is human nature.

We are quick to even judge ourselves, sometimes

truthfully, sometimes as we think that others see us.

Life comes down to just a few short years. What

we make of our lives, how we share our lives with

others, and how we leave the world behind as others

see us, is a good indication of how you feel about

your loved ones. Take a minute. Look at yourself.

Who did you love today? Who did you tell that you loved today?