Do you know love when you see it?

There are many ways to show someone you love them.  At its most basic, fundamental level, love is taking care of someone's needs- physical, emotional, or otherwise.  But when you look at it that way, that is just babysitting.  Love is more than that.  Isn't it?

In books, love is romanticized by sacrifices, heroic sacrifices.  Soldiers make the ultimate sacrifice for their countries.  But, is that love?  Surely love is not bullets and bombs.

In movies, love is simply a word used for dramatic effect to legitimize a physical encounter.    Love is just a euphemism for sex.  It sells tickets.  It creates unrealistic, idealized, photo-shopped scenes that some people use for comparison.  And, when life cannot live up to Hollywood's in-your-face depictions, so many people just throw away something good, something real.  They think it is not "love."

So, what is love?  Most people express love in the way that they want to receive expressions of love.  When you go out of your way to show the person you love that you do love them, remember, they may not express it in the same way.  And, if you think that the one you love doesn't love you, stop and look at what they know and feel is "love."

Maybe Pooh said it best when talking to Piglet.  Love is something you feel.