What Is Love??

Love. What is it? What is love? Is it a feeling? A heart?? An emotion??? An idea???? A thought?????
When you say you love something, do you stop to really think about what it means? Is love just a transitive verb you use when talking about something? I'm not saying that it's bad to use love to describe your strong like about something, I don't really care & it has been accepted by society for a descriptive word. But I'm just curious, what do you think is the real definition of love?? What do you think love really & authentically means??

Dictionaries tell us that it's a strong feeling & emotional attachment or bond, but the Bible says that true love is shown through your actions. Meaning, you have to do something. You have to express it through your deeds. And the saying goes like this- "Actions speak louder than words". And they really do in this case.
Paul tells us that we can do all the good deeds in the world, and if we haven't the motivation of love, it is nothing.

Love suffers long & is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely; does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, the will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. - I Corinthians 13:4-8

There are different kinds of love, yes. But they all need the above elements to be even labeled as love.
Jesus said that, "there is no greater love than this- than  to lay down one's life for his friends." Annnnnd He, very coincidentally, said this just a bit before He was crucified. Annnnnnnnnnnnnnd He told His disciples this. Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd He carried out this proclamation, showing the greatest & truest love ever. THAT is real love.
Love is not a feeling, emotion, thought, or anything the like. Love is an action. Love is active & doing what it proclaims. Love is showing your love to others. Love is an everyday action to live out.
God is love. With out Him, we wouldn't have the capability & capacity to love truly.