Definition Of Love

Love, how cliché is it for me to write about love. We hear about this one word almost every day, but to every different person it always has a different meaning. Love is kind, love is gentle, love is beautiful, which one is your definition of love? For me love is when I can be with my family and see the smiles on all of their faces. Just being with them fills me with warmth. Even though love is such a renowned word there are still people with a void in their hearts and they see love as cruel. Some of them even see love as a weakness but what they don’t know is that love is far from weak, love is powerful. Imagine the lengths people would go through for love for example, a mother protecting her child from harm, or a young individual leaving …show more content…
Even people who’ve lost hope still have a little bit of love at the bottom of their heart. They just need someone to help bring it to the surface. Something else I believe in is the Greek terminology of love. They believe that there are four types of love which are agape, phileo, storge and eros. Let’s us look at these words in deeper detail. Starting with agape which is what every human being should have or want. This type of love is when you accept a person for who they are as a human being. You love them through all of their flaws and faults. This love is about giving and accepting without the expectation of something in return. Next would be the love phileo which is affection or kindness. This love makes you seek friendship in another person. Then there is storge love, weird name but who am I to judge. This is the love you would have with friends and family. Now don’t mistake this for phileo love because with phileo you are driven to seek friendship but with storge you cherish the ones you have. Storge love is the love you have for your parents, your siblings and your friends. This love is also known as unconditional love. Last but not least eros the love everyone’s heard about and wish to have in their life. This is the love of passion or romance. This is the love you would have towards your significant other or maybe someone you might have a crush on. This is the love that makes you say I love you and makes you feel like your floating on cloud

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