Love is...
Love is the gift of self. It means emptying oneself to reach out to others.
In a certain sense, it means forgetting oneself for the good of others.
"You are everything to me, I give myself totally to you, for ever": this is
the commitment that springs from the heart of every person who is sincerely
in love.
Pope John Paul II to Married Couples, Asti, Italy, 9/25/93