What is Love?

What is love? How do you define it? Can you define it? How do you feel love? Typically when we talk about love most people think first about the romantic love. They think about those butterflies in the stomach and the sexual side of things. But it is so much more than that and so much more diverse. There are 4 Greek words that describe the types of love.
First we'll talk about Eros. This is the love that most people think of. It is the emotional and romantic part about being in love. This should be the last type of the 4 "loves" to come into play in a relationship. It can cloud and confuse minds, but when fully understood it is a very binding and forceful love.
The next type of love is Philia. Philia is the friendship formed love. It is also known as the brotherly love.
Storge is the third type we will talk about. This can be described as the love that a parent has for a child. This love is always growing and evolving over time and is a type of love you will want in any relationship.
Lastly is Agape. This is a more general love that one can even have toward complete strangers. This love prompts most of us to do acts of service for one another.
These four types of love are essential for any relationship and especially a relationship with a companion or future companion. Like mentioned above, Eros should be the last type of love to enter into a relationship because of its intense effects on those who have it. When the other three loves come into play first, Eros will naturally fall into its role.