My View on Love

The definition of being “in love” is liking someone so much that you want to know everything about them and you want them to know you like no one ever has. So strong is this desire that you bare your most vulnerable parts to them and trust you’ll be safe. “True love” is when both parties do this and neither abuses the power they’ve been given. "Soul mates" have all of the above, plus their union is so strong that it lasts forever. That's the way I see it anyway. And I don't see it as a failure if you never find the last two as long as you've experienced the first one at some point in your life. That's not to say that true love can be merely stumbled upon or magically appear. Some of what love requires is nature, but much of it is nurture.