Love is strength and commitment. To love someone can mean telling them what they don't want to hear. Love is courage and it takes a lot more courage to say 'I am scared', or 'I love you', than it does to clout someone around the ears.
Love is respect for ourselves and others . It is all about allowing people to be where they are and loving them anyway. The moment we say, you do this and I will love you, that isn't love- it is sheer manipulation.
Love is about looking for the good in people and if we can do that and do it consistently then our own happiness is guranteed. As our life is a reflection of ourselves, the more love and beauty that we perceive, the more we grow...
