Is love a necessity for life?  Is love truly a sustaining value.  For some I feel love may be intrinsic to happiness.  For me I crave love, I want love, but I do not need love.  My history of love has resulted in more pain than joy.  I feel I my destiny is to love deeply but recieve little in return.  I have to be content with my level of recieving.  I can not expect others to love me.  I must be emotionally strong and controlled.  This is difficult at times.  It takes strong mental and physical self control to remain stable.  I find that I require hours of metacognition.  For each and every one of my behaviors I must find my true motivation.  I do not act without reason.  I reframe my thoughts and emotions.  I translate negative emotions into positive values.  This is me, this is who I am.  The question I pose is can you live without love?  Do you need love to live?