What is Love? When you ask Google, this question you will soon discover that love seems very complicated. We tend to describe the kinds of love you find: Friendship, Infatuation, Passionate, Compassionate, and Unrequited. Psychologists, sociologists, and researchers disagree on the characterization of love. Many say it's not an emotion, but an essential physiological drive. The American Psychological Association defines it as: "a complex emotion."
Love impacts your Mental Health. Studies have shown that attachment, love, or affection can lower your risk of heart disease, decrease risk of dying after a heart attack, better your health habits, increase longevity, lower stress levels, lower your risk of diabetes and depression.
I think we try to evaluate our relationships or love with complexity. Maybe there is a better way to experience the benefits that love can give.
Yesterday on my walk with my daughter I was eager to ask: "What is your definition of Love?" She replied without hesitation: "When you are so happy that someone exists." It was so honest, so precise and without complexity. I think in the future I am going to say: "I am so happy that you are here; instead of, I love you! I think it makes it clear what you mean and how you feel.
It also prompted me to make a list in my journal of all the people and all the things I am happy for to be in existence. All the people and things I love. I did it for clarity, happiness, and health.