Reflection on other 'love' posts

Surprisingly, most of the posts I read on whether "to love or not to love", were in favor of loving. I noticed a common theme between the blog posts that posed the question, "what if you fall in love and the other person does not feel the same?" or "What if someone says that they love you but they don't really mean it?". What I began to wonder after reading one of these posts is how do people know what love is and if they are truly in love or not? Since there aren't set guidelines to love, how can people be so sure? Some people think that it does not matter what age you are, it's about what you feel. But I believe that no matter how "in love" you think you are when you're young, it is not true love. Kids these days just like the thought of being in love, or like the way it sounds. Love takes experience and time. Yes we will have to go through different relationships and heartbreaks in order to find our one true love, but it's worth it. You cannot say that you love someone when you aren't experienced enough to know what love actually is. So even though loving someone is taking risks, if you try hard enough, you can find the right person who will teach you what love really means.