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What is love means to you5/2/2023 ![]() When we behave lovingly towards someone, it means we love that person. ![]() Now we can address the second part of the “What is love” quandary-how to know if we love someone else? As King Solomon wrote in his book of Proverbs (27:19), “As water reflects a man’s face back to him, so is the heart of one man to another.” This means, when you are treated with love, your heart feels that love. It’s not an abstract thought or feeling, it’s concrete and evidenced. In short, when we are loved, there is tangible proof. So, if we see a loving smile, hear loving words, or feel a loving touch, the brain processes this information and concludes, “Hey, we are being loved right now!” Our sensory organs report to our brains, and our brains interpret the data and send the report to our hearts. ![]() We don’t need to contemplate or ask questions. Everything we see, hear, taste, touch or smell teaches us about our universe. ![]() On the contrary, it’s pretty practical and down-to-earth. In fact, it’s really not that ethereal or supernatural. But how does it work? Is there an extrasensory perception in the heart that is able to read the feelings in another person’s heart? When we are loved, we tend to feel it intuitively in our guts. If we understand how to recognize when we are being loved, we can also learn to recognize our love for another. It is easier to first address the “What is love?” question in terms of the love we feel coming toward us. Either we wonder, “Am I loved?” or we ask, “Do I love?” The two scenarios that usually cause us to contemplate “What is love?” give meaning to the question. It’s only when something is lacking that we begin to analyze and contemplate what that thing actually isSo, if we’re even asking the question, “What is love?” it probably means that we don’t feel completely loved, or that someone doesn’t feel completely loved by us.īut since we’re asking, let’s try to answer the question. For example, nobody sits down to a full meal and asks, “What is a pastrami sandwich?” It’s only when something is lacking that we begin to analyze and contemplate what that thing actually is. When we are truly engaged in giving and receiving love, we don’t ponder such philosophical questions. Whenever we ask, “What is love?” it’s usually because a) we’re unsure if a certain special someone really loves us, or b) because a certain special someone just accused us of not really loving them.
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