By love we do not mean the kind of dreamy romantic emotion that a man and woman in love experience. To love your neighbor simply means wanting only good for him or her. It also means never wishing misfortune on anyone. You don't have to like people to love them. Love your enemies, Christ tells us, not like them.
Love is the key to happiness.
Our hostile feelings toward them fester until they become obsessions, dominating our thoughts and denying us peace of mind. As we will see, this is the Bible's whole message. It is the key to everything else. The Bible tells us how to live in many different ways. In the Ten Commandments, for example, we get our instructions flat out - there's no beating around the bush.