Understanding love

Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love. Yes, that's a science fiction joke. No, I won't apologize.

Love is such a difficult concept. There are so many facets to it. It has bits and pieces to its bits and pieces. And what am I trying to do is make a concept of love. See, how I understand things are through concepts. Things must be systematic. Everything has a pattern.

But is it possible to conceptualize love? Can I take a feeling and make it into words? That's where it becomes difficult. Because love is an essence. I think. And writing an essence on paper is like starting a fire in water. You won't even get a spark.

Which raises some issues. Why? Because how do I know how to love if I don't know what love is? All I have gathered so far is that no one knows until they know. And I suppose at some point I will find out. My best guess is that love is a waiting game. We'll never get to it by trying. We have to let love awaken when it makes the choice.