Is Love Really All You Need?
The Timeless Principle of Love
This is one in a series of essays that was originally conceived as a book for print publication. If you enjoy it and would like to read more from the collection, you can find a sort of Table of Contents here.
This topic is, of course, far too large for one essay. But my point in bringing it up is not to touch on every aspect of the grand emotion, or to try to boil it all down to one or two pithy comments.
In actuality, love is one of those words in the English language that carries so many connotations and so much emotional baggage, no one can hope to wrap it all up in a nice little package. It’s a noun, a verb, and the root of an adjective. It’s used sincerely and sarcastically, sometimes in the same sentence. There have been more poems, songs, stories and books based on its broad shoulders than any other single subject, I’m sure. This humble writer wouldn’t even try to simplify that.
But, for the sake of highlighting the life-improving essence behind Love as it fits in with the Timeless Principles theme, let me provide the definition I’m referring to:
“Love is the self-sacrificing concern for another human being that motivates positive action for that person.”
