Love

The Impossibility of Description

Try and describe love.

Imagine an alien came to earth and you had to explain the concept of love to them. What would you say?

Dictionary.com defines love as “

love

   [luhv]  Show IPA noun, verb, loved, lov·ing.

noun 1. a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person. 2. a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection, asfor a parent, child, or friend. 3. sexual passion or desire. 4. a person toward whom love is felt; beloved person;sweetheart.”

I don’t know if that quite, sums it up though.

You could describe a physical reaction? Somebody who makes your stomach feel like it’s doing somersaults and your heart rate speed up and your palms sweat.

You could describe it sexually. Somebody you just feel an intense longing to be WITH.

You could describe it in terms of the lengths you would go for love. Love is when you would do anything, absolutely anything, to keep that person happy.

I mean, maybe love is just that person you want to be with, all the time, every second of every day, and every moment spent apart is like a physical ache. 

Or maybe it’s different for different people.

I think it’s beyond our comprehension.

What is love? Am I in love?