NUT­SHELL: What is love? 

MISHAWAKA–Valen­tine’s Day just passed by about a week ago, so we at the Bea­con asked mem­bers of the Bethel com­mu­nity how they would de­fine “love.” 

“Love is for­give­ness, love is ac­cep­tance . . . treat­ing other peo­ple the way they want to be treated,” Pro­fes­sor Tara Holmes said. 

“Love is a beau­ti­ful gift that we get through mar­riage,” John Samarich said. 

“Love is car­ing for an­other with­out ques­tion,” Imanol Chavez said. “But not only are you car­ing about the per­son per­son­al­ity-wise, but just for who they are, who they are and what their ac­tions are.” 

“Love is choos­ing to grow and com­pro­mise with an­other per­son to be­come one unit and not two sep­a­rate peo­ple,” Erika Toops said. 

“I’d say love is a choice, it's not a feel­ing,” Caleb Rosa said. “It’s some­thing that has to be worked for. It may start as a feel­ing, but it needs to be a com­mit­ment.” 

“Love is like a box of choco­lates, its scrum­didli­ump­tious,” Car­los Jimenez said. 

“It’s an emo­tion you feel when you care about some­one,” Keith Pasqualone III said. 

“Love is seek­ing to pur­sue some­one as Christ would pur­sue them,” Ellery Sin­claire said. 

“Love is the feel­ing you get in the pit of your stom­ach when you see some­one and are like, 'I would do any­thing for this per­son,’” Car­son Jaques said. 

What do you want us to ask next? Email us at bea­con@bethelu­ni­ver­sity.edu to let us know!