True Love is a profound feeling of strong attraction or affection. Love is the route to authentic happiness. George Sand beautifully expressed that, "there is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved." Many consider love to be blind, as love sees no boundaries of caste, creed, age, sex or religion. It is sacred and unselfish. However, Will Moss is of the opinion that "Love is not blind - It sees more and not less, but because it sees more it is willing to see less."

Love has been interestingly compared to a mountain, by Daniel Monroe Tuttle, which is hard to climb, but once you get to the top, the view is beautiful and brings authentic happiness to our hearts. Love is the true key to authentic happiness. Love is a language the dumb can speak, a wonderful sight that the blind can see and a harmonious song that the deaf can hear. It is the greatest joy in the world that cannot be compared to the most expensive gems or jewels. Love is priceless and free. Love can bring authentic happiness and a smile to the most hard hearted people. There is nothing or no one in life that love cannot change.

Love is the symbol of optimism, sanguinity and authentic happiness. Love brings a ray of hope to the people who have lost everything in life. It helps us build our confidence when we are down in the dumps, and have faced tremendous failures. It helps us reach or achieve our goal in life or in our career by boosting our poise. Love helps us get rid of all the negative energy around us and look at life in a positive and optimistic way, through which we can achieve authentic happiness. Crystal Middlemas correctly believes that "Love, like a river, will cut a new path whenever it meets an obstacle."

The Bible rightly expresses that love never fails. It always protects us, always brings a beam of hope, it always perseveres, always trusts and most importantly it never fails to lead us to authentic happiness.

The simplest way to achieve authentic happiness is by always being surrounded by people you love. When you are around your loved ones, it gives you a sense of belonging which can buffer you from stress. In addition to that carving out as much time as you can spend with people you value, gives you a support system for when your luck heads south.

Research at the University of Illinois, Unites States of America, has found that people who are consistently very happy have stronger romantic and social relationships than unhappy people. Your loved ones will always encourage you, give you the strength to fight against your failures, persuade and push you to reach your goals, and help solve all your troubles and problems. This proves how important it is to be around the people you love. This is an ideal route to authentic happiness.