"Love can be thought of as a higher power or a state you fall in and out of. Whatever your stance or belief, the concept of love most often elicits positive emotions and connotations. Ever since receiving my first love letter from my grade school sweetheart, I knew that falling and being in love can be life-changing and offers powerful emotions, such as joy and elation. There is a wonderfully indescribable feeling and sense of glow that emanates from someone in love."
"bell hooks, in her poignant book, All About Love, says that to truly love, we must learn to mix various ingredients-care, affection, recognition, respect, commitment, and trust, as well as honest and open communication. We discover a lot about ourselves when we love. Being in love is not easy. Oftentimes, it puts us at risk. We change when we love. We transform."
Love warrants attention, especially amid current societal chaos, confusion, hate, and anger. February provides a cultural moment to reflect on love and its role in human life. Love can be experienced as a higher power or a shifting state that elicits positive emotions such as joy and elation. Love combines elements like care, affection, recognition, respect, commitment, trust, and honest open communication, and loving relationships reveal personal truths and can transform individuals despite the risks involved. Love appears in multiple forms — spiritual, romantic, self-love, and love of nature — and expressing love tends to improve perceptions of the world and of oneself.
Read at Psychology Today
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