What is love

I've realized that love is more than that. Love has no rules or boundaries. Love has no limitations or exceptions. Love is waking up at 2AM and driving long distances to wait and welcome a friend home from war at a 9:30PM arrival. Love is offering a shoulder to cry on. Love is watching 2 seasons of House with a heartbroken friend. Love is coming home from a long day at work and cooking dinner for someone who's too sick or depressed to do it themself. Love is picking someone up off the sidewalk when pain and agony has worn them down. Love is saying "I love you" without expecting to hear it back. Love is being there for someone even when you know they can't be there for you. Love is accepting the good WITH the bad. Love is sitting and listening to someone talk about a subject you couldn't care less about and admiring their fascination and passion anyways. Love is admitting you were wrong and asking for forgiveness. Love is also forgiving. Love can be the most painful thing in the world to endure, but knowing that someone came out of it a better person because of you makes all the pain in the world worth while. Love is sticking by someone's side and baring the pain of it because you know at that moment that person needs you more than you need them. Love is not a holiday or a season or a special day out of the year. Love should be shared and shown the same every day of the year. Love has been one of the most beautiful things and one of the most painful things I've ever felt and I'm glad I've been able to feel it and see it for what it is.