Love can be defined as a profound emotion of connection between individuals or beings that encourages the recognition of each other’s inherent worth, wholeness, and uniqueness. It operates within a complex set of dimensions that transcend the simple notion of pleasure, including compassion, kindness, appreciation, affection, and discernment—all of which are shaped and sustained by mutuality and connectedness. Love creates bridges between the known and the unknown, inviting us to explore our boundaries and the possibilities beyond them. This human experience can flow and flex, bridge experience and boundaries, and break open and create meaning.

See also: relationship, life, conversation, perception, systems thinking