### Instruction: what is love?
### Response: Love comes in many forms.  Love can be between persons, love can be for an animal, or love can be for something that is fun or enjoyable like reading or writing.  The feeling associated with love are often happiness, joy, fun and excitement.  Love between persons can be done by showing affection, thoughtfully communicating, or doing a shared activity together.  Love for an animal can be done by taking them for a walk or petting them.  Love for something that is fun can be done by doing that activity over and over again.  The opposite of love is hate and is associated more with feelings of despair.