What is Love?!!

Yesterday I was arguing with a friend about the very existence of love!
He said that those who claim to be in love can not withstand the first test of changing circumstances or facing hardship together, they act merely for their own benefit without taking their partner's in consideration!
I would say, then this was not love from the beginning, it was just a claim which failed in the first verification of its sincerity.
Though in my life I went through continuous heartbreaks, and unfaithfulness by those who claimed to be in love, I went through depressions and disappointments and loss of trust in those who where the closest to me
I went through experiences where the other partner's selfishness and self interest ruined the relationship after the first challenge or hardship;
Nevertheless I believe it would be madness to stop believing in love because someone was unfaithful or didn't love me back!
You can never deny the existence of love; it may be scarce and very hard to find, but that is because it is too precious to be found by those who can not cherish it for the rest of their life!
The thing is; what I don't really believe in, lies in the way people express their love, or to be more accurate the way people are trying to prove that they are in love.
If you are truly in love, you don't need to prove it, it just comes from the inside out, and it is shown all over you without the slightest effort done from your side.
Every word, every gesture, every thought, every move and every interaction all the way expresses your love.
Love enables you, inspires you, protects you and empowers you!
Love gives you the power of patience and the freedom of forgiveness!
Love is very subtle; u can not intend to express it in words if it is really sincere
True sincere love persists after everything fades!
This is the kind of love which lies within my soul and heart waiting for the right person who really deserves to share it with me, and to be overwhelmed with its strength and passion.
I may die before I can find that someone,
Yet this wouldn't make me disbelieve in the miracle of love.
Because it is the reason we exist in this life!
Knowing that the ever greatest kind of love is the love of Allah and the love for him,
Believing that this kind of love, for those who were close enough to him to deserve the feeling of it, is the greatest treasure anyone could live and die for.
It is heaven on earth,
And every thing beside this treasure just fades away and becomes nothing!

"اللهم ارزقنا حبك و حب من أحبك وحب كل عمل يقربنا إلى حبك. آمين"