The “L” Word: Knowing The Difference Between Love & Lust…

May 5th, 2012 - By Liz Lampkin

 

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“I love you”, “I am falling in love with you”, “and I have fallen in love with you”.  These are all phrases many of us have heard, and or have said to someone we were or are presently in relationships with. But how many of us really know what love is?  How do we know if we have fallen in love, or in lust? Do we know and understand the difference between the two? Many people often confuse love with lust because they don’t know what love is and what lust is. There are many definitions of both love and lust that have derived based on different experiences and emotions with relationships. Many people believe that love and lust are emotions that produce actions that lead to reactions, but what people fail to realize is that love and lust are not emotions.

Love is…Love is an action that is others centered.  It is giving to others without the expectancy of something in return.  It is setting aside your ego for fulfillment of your own needs, and being concerned with the needs of someone else. The selfless action of love is driven by meeting the needs of others.

Lust is…Lust is an action that is self-centered. It is giving to others with the expectancy of something in return. The action of lust is motivated by one’s ego-centered needs, be it physical, financial or mental, to be satisfied by someone else.

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  • GalaxyEmpress

    Great article!!!! A lot of people need to read this this several times, write it down and refer back to it in the future. I’m just saying.

  • LisaHarris99

    There is a vast difference between love and lust. Lust only cares for
    itself. It is focused totally on the object of its desire in order to
    fulfill it’s own selfish desires. On the other hand, love is completely
    unselfish. Love has compassion for the object of its affection. Love
    does not expect anything in return. Love transcends the material world
    and is solely focused on spiritual things.

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  • DXTASY

    Love involves work, working towards buiding a solid foundation in a relationship. Lust is just two people who are turned on by each other and their bodies slamming together to satisfy their sexual needs. Not much work involved in that.