Love…
What does it mean to you?
Does it live within you?
Where do you feel it in your body?
Where does it come from?
What language does it speak —
and what language do you speak when you speak from a place of love?
Love…
not what we say about it,
but what remains when there is nothing left to say.
It lives in the breath.
In a gaze that does not look away.
In a touch that promises nothing, yet says everything.
Love is not a storm.
It is the silence after it.
It is the calm that lets you be.
It is a return — to yourself,
to the place you never truly left.
Maybe it’s just a moment
when you allow yourself to breathe without fear.
When you feel that nothing is missing.
That everything you’ve been searching for has been within you all along.
Love does not ask whether you are ready.
It arrives quietly…
sometimes through pain,
sometimes through a stranger’s smile.
Sometimes in the mirror —
when you finally look at yourself with gentleness.
It is a reminder
that everything you have ever wanted to feel from others
you must first offer to yourself.
And when you love,
it does not mean losing yourself in another.
It means meeting in the middle —
in a space where two souls recognize each other
without trying to own one another.
Where love becomes movement,
not a bond.
And if you have lost it somewhere along the way,
let this be an invitation.
To find it again.
And to bring it back —
into your own heart.
And finally…
Love is like a compass that doesn’t point north,
but home.
And even if you lose it at times,
all you need is to pause for a moment
— and the silence will lead you back to it.
And if you’ve read all the way to here, thank you.
Perhaps you know why.


Dear Dora,
Its been a long time i havent commented on your work. but this post of yours caught my eye. it really caught my heart.
Thank you for sharing this, it really made me stop and reflect. When I think about love, what I’ve felt, and what it truly is… I realize it’s still something beautiful, even if I have felt broken at times. Love doesn’t always arrive with certainty or perfection, but it still reminds us that we are worthy of being seen and understood.
For me, love feels like a warmth in the chest, the quiet reassurance that we belong. It shows up in the simplest moments: in trust, in kindness, in the feeling of being safe with someone… or finally being safe with yourself. Sometimes love lifts us higher than we ever thought we could go, even when life feels heavy. Love really is a splendid thing, it lifts you up where you belong.
I’ve come to believe that love isn’t something we find only in others. It’s something that begins within us, and others just help us notice it again. No matter what happens, even on the hardest days, I still hold onto this one truth:
All you need is love.
Thank You Dora for cheering me up.
Jacob
Beautiful, Dora.