I will let this go in a moment, and thank you Wolf for indulging me here.

"Love in its most perfect state is best exampled by the love that a parent has for their child.(Not all humans are capable of a healthy love for their children even...I have seen).But...the enduring...'I want whats going to make your existence whole and healthy' mind set...with some level of sacrifice of one being 'first-priority'.....jmo"

You added this to your post (or I replied while you were in the middle who knows). I know the parent child love well and it has made a world of difference in my life - I don't know where I'd be without that.

"Healthy love...attempts to give w/o sacrificing ones sense of self .....and attempts to take w/o sacrificing the others sense of self......not always possible."

This is the crux of my issue with love. It is the hardest for me to achieve - I admit I do tend to lose myself and as I write this I recognize that it may have been the deathblow to all of my failed relationships.

Love to me now doesn't have to mean forever - it can last as long as the other person needs to receive it. As long as I don't lose myself again, I'm a happy camper.

I have to add Wolf - you are truly amazing - here I was expecting cliche and claptrap (I think it works here) and I get a deep philosphical approach that made me see myself in many different ways. Thank you yet again.