Thursday, July 3, 2008

People Who Confuse "Lust" with "Love"

This is one of the things that bugs me most about today's society. Everything is about sex, and very little is about closeness, attachment, and lifelong commitment.
Let me give you an example.
"I just wanna use your love toniiiiight....
I don't wanna lose your love toniiiiight..."
No, sir, that is not love you want, that is sex. A more appropriate song would be:
"I just wanna use your body, toniiiiight....
I don't wanna lose your body, toniiiiight..."
...Although I don't think it has that same ring to it.

It's unfortunate how the word "love" is being devalued in our world today. 50 years ago, it meant so much more than it does today. It used to mean "I'd die for you"--that is, "I'd die a horrible, painful death, so that you might live and not have to experience that, and be able to live on and love our children and our family, as if I were there as well."
I doubt most people using love flippantly as they do today would ever think of doing that for the one they "love".

Here are a few examples of true love:
-Pam & Jim from "The Office" (US version; don't know about UK version)
-WALL-E and EVE from "WALL-E"
-99.9% of men and women who are still married for close to or past 50 years of their lives, into their old age

Here are a few examples of NON-true love:
-99.9% of all Hollywood relationships
-99.9% of all high school relationships
-relationships where the main/only activity is sex/making out

Now, the people who confuse lust with love aren't necessarily incompetent at existing, but they are definitely incompetent ant living. And yes, there is a big difference between just existing and LIVING. And these people are absolutely missing out on life, seeing as they aren't finding true love.

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