What is love?

With Valentine's Day again drawing near, love is on the minds of many people, myself included. I wonder about love. I have been told over and over again, and I do believe this....that love is a choice, not a feeling. It is a choice to forgive someone and to be there for them. A choice to look past 'imperfections' and a promise to work through any problems that come along. Basically it comes down to 1 Cor 13:4-8....

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.

How can that, God's description of what love is, be the fluffy emotion that media portrays it to be??? It is definitely a choice to be made, and not to be made lightly.

That brings to mind another question....if love is a choice, does that mean that you could make it work with anyone? If you are committed enough and willing to work hard enough to make it work, does it matter who you love/marry (barring other circumstances ie. if the man is abusive, it's probably not going to work :P)??? And as I think of that, I come to the conclusion that yes it does matter, because as a Christian, God has a plan for us. And God does want us to be happy, and he wants to give us the desires of our hearts, but it has to be in line with His will.

Wow, this is just turning into a whole bunch of rambling. Anyway, what do you think??