I really enjoyed your piece, especially the part where you explained your idea of love. You are right that it is a feeling that grows, but more so than that, it can be your entire personality, a character trait. It makes me think of the quote from the Bible, I always try to live by it:

"Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends."

Thank you for sharing!