Each person keeps his own image of love and ideal relationships. As a rule, such images are born from books and films, from the example of their family and loved ones. All this forms its own, individual concept of love for which we strive, and which we wish to find and feel.

This is why it is so difficult to define love. Rather, not to give a definition, but to explain for yourself what love is.

The image of my love is love - respect and love - acceptance, and then passion and desire. Well, for example, if respect and acceptance were not born, if interest and trust were not born, then passion will not last long. And what then is the end of love? Most likely - this is the end of passion. The Bible says love never fails. In other words, there is no end to love.

Sounds strange, right? I think that to some extent this is logical, because love is still a relationship, and not just emotional experiences. To some extent, love is a decision to love. Yes, it is the decision to which you remain faithful in times of trial and in times of joy. The decision to forgive, accept, support, and be close. Will you say it's boring to love like that? Where is the passion and pleasure? And they, too, are in such love, but in a slightly different format.

This is no longer a fleshly passion, but a passion for knowing your person, a passion for staying close and a passion for intimacy, not only on the physical level. It is a passion for the person himself as a whole. Experiencing such love, there is always a resource for forgiveness, trust and, most importantly, sincere interest in the person himself, and not in his individual qualities or position.

Such love is not popular, because it requires the work of the soul, it demands to rise above one's selfishness and pretensions, to rise above passion, which scorches the soul like fire. Unpopular love remains the only alternative to all the passions and sufferings of the soul.