Love or Nothing

I was reading 1 Corinthians 13 this morning.  The chapter of the Bible that is usually referred to as 'The Love Chapter.'  This chapter defines what true love really is, and what true love really isn't.  You see some of these verses  pasted on plaques, note pads and coffee mugs.
This chapter explains the very essence of love.
But this morning I couldn't get past the first four verses:
Verse 1 tells me that no matter how eloquently I could speak, my words would sound like a harsh gong or cymbal to those who are listening, and those words spoken would soon be forgotten.  But if I speak words in love, it doesn't matter if my words are spoken with eloquence, my words will have eternal effects.
Verse 2 tells me that even if I had the gift of prophecy, wisdom, knowledge or faith, without love it means nothing.
With love....it means something.
Verse 3 tells me that if I give everything I have to the poor, everything I am to those in need, without love, it means absolutely nothing.
I could have all and be all, but without love it is all meaningless.
I have a choice:
All, or Nothing.
Love, or Something.

Santa Teresa de Jesus once said, "It is love alone that gives worth to all things."
1 Corinthians 13:13 says, "And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

Nothing surpasses love.  Where there is love, you have everything.
......but that's just me!