Feb 03, 2008 05:05
Love or Infatuation?
Infatuation is an instant desire. It is one of the set glands calling to one another. Love is a friendship that has caught fire. It takes roots and grows - one day at a time. A feeling of insecurity marks infatuation. You are excited and eager but not genuinely happy. There are nagging doubts, unanswered questions, little bits and pieces about your beloved that you would just as soon not examine too closely. It might spoil the dream. Love is quiet understanding and the mature acceptance of imperfection It is real. It gives you strength and grows beyond you - to bolster your beloved. You are warmed by his presence, even when he is away. Miles do not separate you. You want him nearer. But near or far, you know he is yours and you can wait. Infatuation says, “We must get together right away, I can’t risk losing him.” Love says, “Be patient. Don’t panic. Plan your future with confidence.” Infatuation has an element of sexual excitement. If you are honest, you will admit it is difficult to be in one another’s presence unless you know it will end up in intimacy. Love is the maturation of friendship. You must be friends before lovers. Infatuation lacks confidence. When’s he’s away, you wonder if he’s cheating. Sometimes you check. Love means trust. Your calm, secure and unthreatened. He feels that trust, and it makes him even trustworthier. Infatuation might lead you to do things you’ll regret later, but love never will. Love is an upper. It makes you look up. It makes you think up. It makes you a better person than you were before. Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all of your heart. There are only two ways to live you life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. Accept what we have, and make the best of it.