italiano's blog: "what is love..."

What is love...  “When you look at love, you're looking into the face of appreciation.”

Love is Accepting.    
Acceptance is labeling someone as "okay" and having no particular desire to change them. Who they are is perfectly 
fine with you. You pose no condition on whether you will love them or not. This is call unconditional love. When your love 
IS conditional, the moment they step outside your set of conditions, love evaporates.

Love is Appreciating.    
Appreciation is one step beyond acceptance. Its when your focus is on what you like about another. We look at them and 
feel this sweeping appreciation for who they are, their joy, their insights, their humor, their companionship, etc. When 
someone says they are "in love" with another, they mean their appreciation is so enormous for this person that it consumes 
their every thought.

Love is Wanting Another to Feel Good.    
We want those we love to be happy, safe, healthy, and fulfilled. We want them to feel good in all ways, physically, 
mentally and emotionally.

We don’t always express our love. Love is a feeling and the expression of that feeling is separate. It’s an action.

Love expressed is when you give your attention, your time, your focus to someone. 

There are many ways in which we give our attention to another. We use our five senses. Our ears to listen. Being 
completely present with the one who is speaking. Our eyes, watching another, undivided attention. Tasting/smelling? (I’ll 
let you figure that one out). Touching, giving a hug, holding a hand, a caress, or sexual expression.