True emotion is recognised by its constancy. It does not waver when circumstances change, nor does it diminish when challenged. It is marked by self-surrender, steadiness, and quiet strength.
Real love is silent and still. It is free from demand and expectation. It asks for nothing, yet gives everything. As William Shakespeare so beautifully expressed:
“Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove.”
Love does not fluctuate with moods or conditions. It remains.
At its deepest level, love is not something we acquire — it is the very nature of life itself. As attachment loosens and expectations dissolve, love naturally dawns. It is both loving and being loved; giving and forgiving.
There is always grace in love — and that grace expresses itself as forgiveness. As the old saying reminds us, “To err is human; to forgive, divine.” Forgiveness is not weakness; it is love in action.
To love is the natural expression of awareness of one’s true Self. And to learn the art of loving, one must learn to give. The greatest joy in life is found not in possessing, but in giving. To give is to live.
The depth of our happiness is directly related to the depth of our love. Where love is absent, suffering takes root. Where love is present, life expands.
Love and attachment are opposites. Attachment contracts and confines; love expands and liberates. Attachment clings. Love allows.
Love is the heart of all true religion, the theme of great art, literature, and music, and the song of every sincere devotee. Science may observe what love does, but the essence of love itself cannot be measured or dissected.
Love is to the human heart what sunshine is to a flower.