by Lisbet Loiselle

Created on: October 18, 2009

What an interesting topic; love without passion. Love and passion are not the same. Wouldn't it be nice if we could live in an overwhelming world of passion? Passion, in relation to love, means to have a strong emotional/sexual desire for someone (among some other similar definitions).

Most relationships begin with passion because everything about the relationship is new. You meet someone, you start to learn new things about them, everything is interesting. Sexually, things are new as well. When this is true, passion is inevitable. With time comes comfort, and thus a decline in passion. It sounds sad, but to be honest, it's the logical and normal way for a relationship to transform. If our relationships remained in this sexual and passionate stage, we'd probably get a whole lot of nothing done.

Remember your past beginnings of relationships? You canceled plans, you ditched friends, you snuck out of work early, you put off school work...all to be with that special person! That is all great and wonderful, but really, how long can that go on for? If we didn't settle down within our relationships we would get fired, fail out of school, and lose all of our friends. Yes. It is true. So thank God that love CAN exist without in-your-face passion. Love, actually, is defined by having a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another. So, folks, love indeed does encompass passion, even if it doesn't rule your relationship. In whatever small amounts, passion still lies within the world of love, but love seems to overrule it most of the time. Do we say things like, "oh hunny, I have such passion for you"? No. We say "I love you".

We move on with our lives, we get married, we have children, we become overly busy. It's hard to fit passion in to daily life. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, just try and get a glimpse of it every now and again. As we all know, relationships are hard, and keeping a little spark is important to survive. Ultimately, though, love is what keeps everything glued together when things go wrong. If we lived for passion only, we'd be train-wrecks. Love is comfortable, love is simple. At the end of the day, if your significant other can tell you they love you despite your horrible day, bad hair, and obnoxious laugh...and your child says they love you as they lay down to sleep...well, isn't that THE life?

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