Signs of Love

Here are the signs of love: When you love someone you see nothing wrong with them. Even if you see a fault in them you justify it in some way–“Everyone does that; it is normal.” You think you have not done enough for them and the more you do, the more you want to do for them. They are always in your mind. Ordinary things become extraordinary. A baby winking at its grandmother becomes an extraordinary event. When you love someone, you want to see them always happy and you want them to have the best.

Be under obligation to no one–the only obligation you have is to love one another. Whoever does this has obeyed the Law. The commandments, “Do not commit adultery; do not commit murder;  do no steal; do not desire what belongs to someone else:–all these, and any others besides, are summed up in the one command. “Love your neighbour as you love yourself.” If you love someone, you will never do him wrong; to love, then, is to obey the whole Law. (The Bible, Rom 13:8)