Love

Love is the emotion of strong affection and personal attachment. Some say it is mysterious, magical, complex, difficult, imaginary, thought-provoking, inspirational, intuitional, joyous, immeasurable, ecstasy, and undefinable.

In a classic book titled Colors of Love (1973), J. A. Lee defined six varieties of relationship that might be labeled love:

Eros is romantic, passionate, love— In this type of relationship, love is life's most important thing. Lee said a search for physical beauty or an ideal type also typifies this type of love.

Ludus is a game-playing or uncommitted love. Lying is part of the game. A person who pursues ludic love may have many conquests but remains uncommitted.

Storge (STORE-gay) is a slow developing, friendship-based loved. People with this type of relationship like to participate in activities together. Often storge results in a long-term relationship in which sex might not be very intense or passionate.

Pragma is a pragmatic, practical, mutually beneficial relationship. It may be somewhat unromantic. A person who leans toward this type of relationship may look for a partner at work or where the person is spending time. Sex is likely to be seen as a technical matter needed for producing children, if they are desired.

Mania is an obsessive or possessive love, jealous and extreme. A person in love this way is likely to do something crazy or silly, such as stalking. The movie Fatal Attraction was about this type.

Agape (a-GOP-aye) is a gentle, caring, giving type of love, brotherly love, not concerned with the self. It is relatively rare. Mother Theresa showed this kind of love for impoverished people.

Why Is Love Important? Love is important because without it life has no meaning or purpose. Love allows us to be more and do more than we could ever accomplish without its power. Love is a beautiful feeling that express affection, honesty and at the same time friendship. Around the world people are concerned about solutions for many of social problems. Problems that include world hungry and violence are some example of social matters that love could solve.

Some famous quotes on love are:

The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.  ~Mother Teresa

Only in love are unity and duality not in conflict.  ~Rabindranath Tagore