About the significance of family as I grow older -- When I was younger, I would hear the expression "The only thing that matters is love," and I would literally

About the significance of family as I grow older -- When I was younger, I would hear the expression "The only thing that matters is love," and I would literally not understand what it could be referring to. It was devoid of possible content for me. I assumed it was just something people said, like "have a nice day". What mattered back then was to always be smarter, to always know that already (for any value of "that"), etc. I'm still that way sometimes, of course. The alpha nerd does not just disappear. Well, it took 20 more years, but I get it. When it's all over, it may be that all that mattered was love.