I think love is real. I think we are all instinctually wired to love and protect our children and to connect with our spouses to ensure survival of the species. I think, at least at this point in my life, that some people have the capacity to take this instinctual love to a higher deeper level. I think this higher level love exists for many people, unfortunately for me I've never experienced it. But I do believe it is real.

In my life I always seem to fall short of what others want or expect from me in regard to this deeper love. Although I want to experience it and feel it towards others, it just seems to be beyond my capacity. Maybe its an area in of my cerebral cortex that never developed properly. Since I've tried to experience it, I'm starting to believe that it may be like language development. You only have a window of developmental opportunity to gain this ability. If you miss it the skill or capacity to acquire it is lost for ever.