What is love (baby don't hurt me. Don't hurt me no more)

Well... This year has been a bit pants so far hasn't it? I mean so far we've had almost daily attacks (mainly from ISIS) in all sorts of countries, lots of respected celebrities have died, Britain has left the EU putting the country's economic future and reputation in doubt and people have been very nasty to each other whether it's to do with Trump (whom I have a horrible feeling is going to be president) or the flippin ghostbusters movie!

All this hatred going on in the world has made me wonder: has humanity forgotten about love? It doesn't   seem to be the case since most people, particularly the LGBT community, have stood up against hatred, but there's lots of hatred to begin with. Perhaps we need to be reminded that love, not war or hatred, is a far better option.

What do I consider love to be? In it's basic form, love is the undying affection you give to another person. Whether it's through kindness, romance or platonic love like the kind you give to your friends and family. Love, in my eyes, is shown through unity in some form. For instance, platonic love ensures unity between family and friends and in it's highest form, you cherish and are willing to stand up for them. Romantic love is unity between two people with a deep affection between them and in it's highest form, the partners become like one and are inseparable.

For me, what separates love from a simple desire or an infatuation is the nobility of it. Desire from my point of view, is wanting something desperately that you know isn't going to last forever whether it's an object or sex. Love however is the assurance that whoever your with will be a good part of your life forever. It's feeling comfortable towards them rather than craving them. It's needing them instead of wanting them. And it's friendly, not obsessive.

Now this might make no sense and I'd understand that. Love is an abstract concept and as someone with autism who doesn't know an awful lot about human interaction, I may be wrong about this. But, to paraphrase Forrest Gump: "I may be autistic but I know what love is." And honestly, at this stage, I appear to know about it more than most people. Lemme put it this way: if someone like me, who doesn't entirely know about love, understands it more than those people, then humanity needs to get their act together.

That concludes this Thought from an Autistic Mind. This was tricky since love is an abstract concept which I don't wholly understand. I just wanted to give my unique views on love and to bring up this topic in a time where it couldn't be more important. Lemme know what you thought on my views. Perhaps you could share your ideas on what love is, I'd be interested to hear a second opinion. As always, be sure to follow me on Facebook and Google+ (both under the name Joel Mole) and be sure to send this to as many people as possible. As always fair thee well and see you in [insert date here].