Love

Commercially love and sex sell everything from toys to cars.  If you love someone they need to have ....what?  Almost anything an advertiser can slip into the slot.

Novels bristle with steamy descriptions of what love is supposed to be.

Love is mingled with, co-mingled with and confused with sex.

It is the most talked about, written about, over used idea I can think of.

True love is more than making someone happy, or taking care of them.  It is more than feeling good when with them, or thinking about them.  It is more...more about them and their true well being than it is about me.

And yet, if they love me isn't there an obligation to take care of myself as well? 

In the end, love can't be bought or sold.  It can't really be earned or lost.  It isn't a thing.  It is a way, a very beautiful way of being and living.