Do you really know what love is? Most human being do not. There are, for example, men and women who characterize a strong sexual attraction for each other as love. Somehow they have come to the conclusion that even though they have few interest and values in common. Incompatible personalities and temperaments is the only thing that these people share. “They are not representative of romantic love, and it amounts to setting up a straw man to treat them as they were.” (Nathaniel Branden)

To love a human being is to know and love his or her person. It is commonly argued that romantic lovers manifest a strong tendency to idealize or gl

I did not like some of the people he quoted in this book. Some of the people he quoted did not make sense to me but this is the only thing I honestly say I did not like about this book.

Everyone feels the need and the desire to be loved. The desire for companionship and love rises out of more intimate considerations that we know about. It is a reflection of or roots and motives that are psychological. Everyone wants someone to talk to, to be with, to feel understood by, to share experiences with, and we need emotional closeness and intimacy is a must with another human being. “The origin of our desire to love lies in our profound need to value, to find things in the world which we can care about, can feel excited and inspired by.” (Nathaniel Branden) A healthy level of self-esteem is essential in whether we are consciously aware of this issue or not. If we suffer from deep insecurities, this need may become distorted by problems of envy, jealousy, or resentment by those who are more fulfilled than ourselves. But the need still exists. But the desire to love and the desire to be loved contain different elements for different people.

High self-esteem individuals tend to be attracted to others with high self-esteem. And on the other hand individuals with low self-esteem are attracted to people with low self-esteem. It is evident that self-conception plays a major role in romantic love. Today I have found that people who do not love themselves end up in abusive relationships or relationships that they do not really want to be in. The only reason why they stay in the relationship is because they are not happy with themselves. Some of these people marry into a relationship not being happy with themselves. Nine out of ten times these marriages in divorce. Healthy relations evolve from both the man and the woman loving them first.

The longing for love an permanence and the inevitability to change are some of the final stages of love. When men and women first start their careers they for some reason believe that the next forty or fifty years will be smooth sailing. If they are smart and hav

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