Better Than Oxford “Love”

I believe the Oxford language dictionary to be wrong. 

You might ask it… what is love?

“An intense feeling of deep affection.”

And what is affection? 

“A gentle feeling of fondness or liking.”

An intense feeling of deep and gentle fondness. 

Assuming the “intense” and “gentle” cancel eachother out in this situation…

we now have a feeling of deep fondness. 

Oop my mistake – they have a feeling of deep fondness.

“They” as in the Oxford dictionary.

They have “love.”

I am in love with you… I have a deep fondness for you…

Potayto potahto.

That’s what they say. 

I think real love is a bit more romantic than that.

After a certain point, love is a choice. 

It’s keeping the promise anyway.

“It’s not gonna be easy – it’s gonna be really hard. 

And we’re gonna have to work at this everyday but I wanna do that cause I want you. I want all of you, forever, you and me, everyday.”

I would say that Noah has an intense fondness for Allie.

Noah has an Oxford love for Allie.

But it’s more than that. 

He is making a choice to put in the work.

The work it takes to love someone.

Not to just have an “intense feeling”

but put someone first no matter what. 

To make that choice. 

“An intense feeling of deep affection” is just a warm tickle in your tummy 

that makes you smile.   

Love is a sacrifice.

Love is work.

Love is often hurt.

Love is a choice. 

Love. Never. Fails. 

In my opinion…

That is better than Oxford “love.”

In my opinion… the Oxford dictionary doesn’t know what love is.