I've found that love, like duty, is better understood as an
   active verb rather than a noun. I don't believe there is a
   personified Love or a personified Duty, as if ancient Greek
   Gods. I see them both as "doings". Actions. They're also
   understandings, but I even see understandings as an active
   process, for when is the mind and emotion ever truly static? I
   can consider this coffee mug over here static. A noun. I'm aware
   of its continually moving properties, both internally and where
   it's sitting on the planet thanks to the happenstance of having
   many thick objects between it and the center of gravity at the
   middle of the planet... but for my purposes, it works as a noun.
   But Love and Duty are real as doings. I hesitate to say "both
   inner doings and outer doings" because I don't see too much of a
   distinction between inner and outer, except the inner is a bit
   more flexible and creative smile emoticon Defining them can be a
   little tricky: How do you outline Love? How do you outline Duty?
   [to define something is to put an outline around it - and I'm
   thinking a literal outline] So, that's my starting point. I'm
   not sure where to take it from here but I wanted to get this
   concept out and gather some thoughts from others here.