Love

I have seen nearly everyone around me claim that they "love" their significant other, but when I ask them what the word means to them. . . they're hesitant. It's sad that this word has been watered down throughout time. I hear people say that they love music, they love food, and they love ponies. . . but they don't. The feeling of love is different than having a passion, and that is something that people fail to realize.

One of the definitions that Merriam-Webster's Online dictionary gives it is this:

attraction based on sexual desire

As much as I hate to admit it, it seems like that's how most people think nowadays. Having sex shouldn't make you LOVE someone, because it's so much more than that.

The P E R F E C T definition of love comes from 1 Corinthians 13:

Love is patient and kind; it does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love does not end. . .

It is absolutely impossible to love material things. Yes, you may be infatuated. . . you may have a passion, but neither of those equal love.

You love people. But remember that you don't love everyone, so it's best not to throw the word around like a baseball.