Hi Kristin,
It's so good to be here today, and to think about love, and what it means.  Over the last couple of weeks, and with the thoughts of love - all stemming from your original post - has made me think much deeper about what this all means for me.  And I've come to see that when I truly do feel love for something or someone, it takes me to a place of peace within.  Sometimes that place of peace is very much a calm place.  And other times, it can be much more of a "silly" or "energetic" peace.  The bottom line, for me, though is this thought of peace.  That, at some level, I experience a deeper peace within.  And that's a very good place to be.  

And one that I don't think is selfish or wrong - because we're better when we're more connected to who we truly are - and that stems from this place of love.  So - have I felt guilty before for loving something?  Sure.  And I think for me, part of that is as a parent, and am I neglecting my kids by loving something, in the moment, other than them?  If I think more broadly, though, that's a good thing - because I come back to them, or to whatever, refreshed and filled with love and goodness - which is, again, a good place for me to be.

Kristin, thank you for continuing the discussion here...