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Love has several aspects although it is a global language. As a result, there are different views on love its theories and implications. Romantic love is a form of love that is often regarded as different from mere needs driven by sexual desire. Romantic love generally involves a mix of emotional and sexual desire, as opposed to Platonic love. There is often, initially, more emphasis on the emotions than on physical pleasure. The triangular theory of love characterizes love in an interpersonal relationship on three different scales: intimacy, passion, and commitment. Different stages and types of love can be explained as different combinations of these three elements; for example, the relative emphasis of each component changes over time as an adult romantic relationship develops.
"Without him
The world around me changes
The trees are bare and everywhere
The streets are full of strangers"
Unrequited Love is love that is never reciprocated although it is more than desired. Feelings of deep loss, of anxiety and solitude develop leaving the estranged lover disillusioned and lost. Being in unrequited love is a tortuous experience. However, it can simultaneously be a source of great joy, sometimes providing the lover a sense of fulfillment for having somebody to love, even though that love is not returned. The lover may feel this satisfaction is worth the emotional distress they must suffer. They may prefer to stay in love rather than move on.
The four loves as described by C. S. Lewis are affection, friendship, eros and charity. 'Affection' implies fondness through familiarity, especially between family and kith and kin, who were otherwise related by chance. It is described as the most natural, emotive, and widely diffused of loves: natural, without coercion; emotive, the result of fondness owing to familiarity; and most widely diffused, because it pays the least attention to those characteristics deemed "valuable" or worthy of love. 'Friendship' is all about making the right choices between two people. Friends are there through thick and thin, shielding us in all the testing times and bonding us for life. Friendship follows no language, neither does it know any religion, creed or gender bias. Best friends share our good times and bad ones too, they know not how to question, but only to hold on till that time comes when they know it is right to let go... In joy and sorrow, today and tomorrow; when the sun shines, while the light dims... 'Eros' is the Greek word for (especially) romantic or sexual love. The term erotic is derived from eros. In Freudian psychology, Eros, also referred to in terms of libido, is the life instinct innate in all humans. It is the desire to create life and favors productivity and construction. Eros fights Thanatos, what Freud called the destructive death instinct. Eros love, might best be defined as, promoting well-being by affirming that which is valuable or beautiful. Eros, can also be defined as the longing for wholeness or completeness, and is used to describe fulfillment between man/woman and man/Gods. 'Love thy neighbor, like thy friend.' Explaining in a nutshell, the saying illustrates the essence of charity and it being an essential element of the aspects of human love. Charity focuses on the need of subordinating the acts of natural loves to the love of God, who is full of charitable love for all living beings.
Love today is 'cosmopolitan' or a perspective reflecting several culture exposures. Just like a kiss is an expression of love, a hug or a handshake or resting on the other's lap are expressions of affection symbolizing varying degrees of love around the world. Love therefore is all about understanding and adapting oneself with another. Life is a beautiful journey incomplete without love, not only platonic but also romantic. Let us be high on love and life and share love every fleeting moment...

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