What is love?

im writting an essay thats kinda loosly based around this topic...

i believe each person has their own perception of love.
what may be love to me, may not be to you; its all based on difering varibles: experiences, self knowledge, where the person is emotionally etc etc.
but nobody is wrong in believing what love is.
EG i once was infatuated with a guy; but believed it was love, a year later ive experienced another form of love and relaised that the first time was simply an infatuation not love....but at the time i didnt realise the difference, because there was no difference between the 2(infatuation and love) for me then.

I've been told a lot of times that love is having the ability to let person go.
Giving other people the opportunity to be happy, even if that way you won't get what you want.

love is a strange feeling...that can be only understandable by ourselves using our own perspectives.
there's no age nor right time to love.it's unpredictable.
we might think it's stupid if we don't feel so "loved",but as mentioned it might be painful or happy,fortunate or unprosperous...
it depends from each person,there's no general pattern for it.

I don't think love is butterflies in your stomach.

And I don't think love is shivering every time they touch you.

In my opinion, love is holding their hand when they need you, and standing back when they don't.

Love isn't jealousy.

Love is being glad that they've got someone who can make them happy.

Love isn't getting annoyed if they don't talk to you.

Love is being happy when they do.

In short, love is accepting when things don't go your way, but being glad when they do.

Cereal Killer:

I've been told a lot of times that love is having the ability to let person go.
Giving other people the opportunity to be happy, even if that way you won't get what you want.

I agree. Love is the ability to cope.

Love is the best feeling in the entire world.
It is also the worst.