Love

 What is love? Apply principles from the care/love unit (as well as others if you choose) to address this question and the role love plays in societies.

I think that love is having compassion for a person that you dont have for anyone else in the same way. Every person you love, you love differently. You want them to succeed and do well in their life, and you feel for them if they do not. When you love someone, you are kind to them, and you are selfless when you are with them or even just in thinking about them. You treat them the same or better than how you would want to be treated by another person who you hope feels love for you. 

Mo Tzu mentions that if you treat someone like you love them, even if you dont, you can eventually gain a love for them. Which i completely agree with. I dont know my dad's girl friends kids very well, so i wouldnt say that I love them at this point. But because it is possible that they will be family one day, I treat them as if I love them, I care about them, I am nice to them, I try to treat them as good as I possibley can, and I already can tell that I am gaining a sort of love for them. It is different than the love I have for my siblings or my dad, but it is a type of love. 

In another example, I love my best friend. Again, different than the love I have for my brothers and parents, but I have a love for her. Where I want what is best for her and I am always kind to her, or a least try to be 

There are people in my life that I would say I do not love. Not even a little. I would describe it moe as a serious hate. But, if I were to decide to treat them like I loved them rather than hating them I may eventually be able to feel differently about them. 

it is not possible for us to love everyone. People are all different and we can not all be the same and think that others want the same things as us. Because that is not true. 

On that note though, you dont necessarily have to LOVE someone to be nice to them, have some sort of care for them, or be self less towards them. So even though those are all qualities of love, they could also be qualities of toleration too. But that could be a whole other debate.