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Re: Love.
Posted By: alissa, on host 205.188.199.37
Date: Tuesday, February 8, 2000, at 13:34:16
In Reply To: Re: Love. posted by Sam on Monday, February 7, 2000, at 21:34:03:

> > This is a question I posed to myself many years ago and never realy came up with a satisfactory answer.
> >
> > What is love?
>
> Placing another's needs above one's own. Period. It has nothing to do with feelings, emotions, states of mind. It's a decision, action, and a way of life. Make that decision, and the feelings tend to follow. I think where a lot of people falter when examining their romantic relationships is to expect the feelings to come first and follow *them*. Sometimes the feelings do come first, but they aren't love, and they aren't good at leading.

I agree.