Love never promises instant gratification, only ultimate fulfillment. Love means believing in someone, in something. It supposes a willingness to struggle, to work, to suffer and to rejoice. Satisfaction and ultimate fulfillment are by products of dedicated love. Love is doing everything you can to help others build whatever dreams they have.
Love involves much careful and active listening.
Love is on a constant journey to what others need. It must be attentive, caring and open, both to what others say and to what others cannot say. Love says no with empathy and great compassion. Love is firm, but when needed it must be tender. When other have tried and failed, love is the hand in your moments of discouragement and disappointment.