"I may not be smart, but I know what love is." In learning and cognition, one of the latest research based strategies is to show students examples of good, bad, and exemplary works. This is shown after clearly stating the learning goal or end point of the lesson. I am thinking I have lived this one out in my life when it comes to figuring out what love is and is not. My conclusion is that love is a verb. It is something you do intentionally. Love is also a feeling to be sure, but it is definitely not an object to be possessed or a case to be "proved".
My hallmark for if it is genuine love? I believe you want the best for those you love truly, even when it may mean it is not best for them to be with you. Whether it is your first true love or the love for your child, who now has grown independent. Love allows those you truly care for to fly on their own journey with the knowledge that you love them, for love's own sake.
I think of a scene in "Harold and Maude" where Harold finally gives Maude a trinket with the words "I love you" imprinted in the metal. She throws it in the lake saying, "I will always know where it is" and after she has taken pills to end her life and Harold is so bereft, "but I love you Maude" and she says "great, go and love some more!" I know it was a weird movie, but I liked the sentiment she expressed, go and love some more!
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