India, Aug. 30 -- "Love may forgive all infirmities and love still in spite of them: but Love cannot cease to will their removal." - C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain (1940)

Love is often described as unconditional acceptance. We celebrate people who "love us as we are" and encourage relationships free from judgment. But C.S. Lewis offered a more demanding definition of love, one that remains deeply relevant more than eight decades later.

His quote suggests that genuine love does not end with acceptance. It begins there.

Through his quote, Lewis understands that love forgives imperfections without pretending they do not exist. It does not abandon someone because of their weaknesses. Yet it also refuses to become indifferent to habits, ch...