What is love? It is one of the most difficult questions for the mankind. Centuries have passed by, relationships have bloomed and so has love. But no one can give the proper definition of love. To some love is friendship set on fire? For others maybe love is like luck. You have to go all the way to find it? No matter how you define it or feel it, love is the eternal truth in the history of mankind.
     Love is patient, love is kind. It has no envy, nor it boasts itself and it is never proud. It rejoices over the evil and is the truth seeker. Love protects; preserves and hopes for the positive aspect of life. Always stand steadfast in love, not fall into it. It is like the dream of your matter of affection coming true. Love can occur between two or more individuals. It bonds them and connects them in a unified link of trust, intimacy and interdependence. It enhances the relationship and comforts the soul. Love should be experienced and not just felt. The depth of love can not be measured. Look at the relationship between a mother and a child. The mother loves the child unconditionally and it can not be measured at all. A different dimension can be attained between any relationships with the magic of love. Love can be created. You just need to focus on the goodness of the other person. If this can be done easily, then you can also love easily. And remember we all have some positive aspect in us, no matter how bad our deeds maybe. And as God said love all?
     Depending on context, love can be of different varieties. Romantic love is a deep, intense and unending. It shared on a very intimate and interpersonal and sexual relationship. The term Platonic love, familial love and religious love are also matter of great affection. It is more of desire, preference and feelings. The meaning of love will change with each different relationship and depends more on its concept of depth, versatility, and complexity. But at times the very existence of love is questioned. Some say it is false and meaningless. It says that it never exist, because there has been many instances of hatred and brutality in relationships. The history of our world has witnessed many such events. There has been hatred between brothers, parents and children, sibling rivalry and spouses have failed each other. Friends have betrayed each other; the son has killed his parents for the throne, the count is endless. Even the modern generation is also facing with such dilemmas everyday. But love? Is not responsible for that. It is us, the people, who have forgotten the meaning of love and have undertaken such gruesome apathy.
　　 In the past the study of philosophy and religion has done many speculations on the phenomenon of love. But love has always ruled, in music, poetry, paintings, sculptor and literature. Psychology has also done lot of dissection to the essence of love, just like what biology, anthropology and neuroscience has also done to it.
Psychology portrays love as a cognitive phenomenon with a social cause. It is said to have three components in the book of psychology: Intimacy, Commitment, and Passion. Also, in an ancient proverb love is defined as a high form of tolerance. And this view has been accepted and advocated by both philosophers and scholars. Love also includes compatibility. But it is more of journey to the unknown when the concept of compatibility comes into picture. Maybe the person whom we see in front of us, may be least compatible than the person who is miles away. We might talk to each other and portray that we love each other, but practically we do not end up into any relationship. Also in compatibility, the key is to think about the long term successful relationship, not a short journey. We need to understand each other and must always remember that no body is perfect.
     Be together, share your joy and sorrow, understand each other, provide space to each other, but always be there for each others need. And surely love will blossom to strengthen your relationship with your matter of affection.

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爱是什么（原创翻译）

爱是什么？对于人类来说是一个最难的话题。多少世纪过去了，人们仍然是随着关系的发展而产生了爱，但却没有一个人能给爱一个恰当的定义。对于有些人来说，爱是友谊产生出的火花；但对于另一些人来说，爱却如同运气，需要花一生的精力去寻找。但无论人们怎样去定义或感受它，爱仍然是人类历史上最永恒的主题。

爱是包容、是善良，她没有嫉妒、没有夸耀、并且从来不会自傲；爱带来了欢笑、驱散了阴霾、追寻着真理；爱她保护着、珍藏着、期待着生活中的积极面；爱总是坚定不移，但却不陷入其中，就如同人们梦想的情感即将变为现实一样。爱可以产生在两个人或更多的人之间，通过信任、友好和相互依存将他们紧紧联系在一起，她是相互关系的促进、心灵的安慰。她应当是一种经历，而不仅仅是一种感觉。爱有多深，无法衡量，正如母亲与她的小孩一样，母亲无条件地给予小孩多少爱，是根本无法衡量的。爱的魔力所在就在于使用不同的尺度就得到不同的友谊。爱是可以创造的，人们需要做的仅仅是集中在别人的善良上，如果这点容易做到，那么要做到爱就更容易。请记住，无论我们的行为有多不好，但总有正确的一面，正如上帝所说，去爱所有的人吧！

情境不同，爱就不一样。浪漫式的爱是深厚的、热烈的和永恒的，她是关系非常亲密的、人际间的及性关系的分享。柏拉图式的爱、家族式的爱以及宗教式的爱，也都是崇高的爱，她充满了更多的欲望、喜好和感情因素。爱的涵义会随着关系的不同而改变，这更多地取决于人们对其概念的深度、多面性及复杂性的理解。但有时候人们会对爱存在的真实性提出质疑，有人说她是虚伪的和没有意义的，他们说爱根本就不存在，因为历史上就有许多关于仇恨和残忍的事例。人类历史上曾见证了许多诸如此类的事件，这其中有兄弟间、父母间的仇恨，孩子间、同胞间的争宠，配偶的离异，朋友间的相互出卖，儿子为了王位杀害其父母等，不胜枚举，就是现如今的人们每天也同样面临着这样两难的问题。但对于爱来说，这并不是她的错，而错在于我们人类自己，人们忘记了爱的涵义并经历着如此可怕的冷漠。

以往，虽然哲学界和宗教界对爱的这种现象做过许多研究探讨，但爱总是在音乐、诗歌、绘画、雕塑和文学中占主导地位，与生物学、人类学和神经学一样，心理学也对爱情的本质做过许多剖析。

心理学将爱描绘成一种与社会原因有关的认知现象。据说书中分为三种，即：亲密、义务感和激情，并且，在古谚语中，爱被定义为一种高尚的宽容行为，这种观点倍受哲学家和学者们认可和推崇。爱也包括和谐性，但当和谐性的概念形成时，爱更像是一个通向未知的旅程。也许远方的人比我们眼前的人来得和谐，我们可以互相倾诉并表现出好像是互相爱慕，而实际上，我们结果并没有形成任何关系。同样，对于和谐性，问题的关键是要去考虑建立一个长期的牢固关系，而不是短短的一夜情，我们需要了解对方并永远牢记人无完人！

爱就是能够一起分享欢乐与痛苦、相互理解、为彼此提供空间，并随时为彼此提供帮助。只有这样，爱的花就会绽放，人们间的情感才能得以巩固！

偶然间从别的群组看到这篇英文，要求大家翻译，有几位翻译了一些，但我觉得可能是当时他们对原文理解有偏差，所以将love理解为狭义的爱情。我认为这里所说的并不仅仅是爱情，而是广义的爱。但一直以来，因为既要工作，又要学习与考试，没有时间翻译，现在终于考完试了，学习也结束了，所以又重新拿出来看看，并将其全译出来，供大家观赏。如有不妥之处，请大家批评指正，hzg在这里先行谢过！！！