The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

I think the most confusing word in the English language is "love." Look no further than the dictionary for proof of that. At dictionary.com, the word love is given not 1, not 2, not 22, but 28 definitions. When a word can confuse even the dictionary, chances are it's quite the puzzling term. There's even a song by the title of, "What Is Love?" I think one reason the term is so perplexing is like with a lot of things, there are many shades of grey to it, but unlike a lot of things, it involves a great deal of emotion, and as I and many others have learned, emotion can blindside us at times and override rational thought. It's common for a person to love a friend, a family member, and a spouse, yet these forms of love are felt and expressed differently to each person. Love appears to take on a life of its own to each and every important person in our lives. So can love truly be defined at all? Is this why there are 28 definitions in the dictionary an...