by Bonnie Meridieth

Created on: October 21, 2009   Last Updated: December 10, 2009

Can there be love without passion? By definition, there is no way.

Passion is a deep feeling such as love, hate, rage, mania, sexual desires, and emotions.  Because love is such a deep emotional feeling, by definition, love is a form of passion, and therefore, it is impossible for there to be love without passion.  It is, however, very possible to have passion without love.

Any couple who has been together for any length of time at all, knows that if you love someone, then you are passionate about any number of issues with that person. You passionately defend them, you will passionately argue with them, you will feel passionate about the things they do, the people they surround themselves with, and passionate about wanting what's best for them. Without this sort of passion, there is no love.

If you are looking at virtually anything you care about at all, such as parents, siblings, children, friends, your country, etc., there is a form of passion involved. Without passion, you are unattached, or simply just don't care.

Have you ever felt rage, felt hate toward things that should have never happened, or had the feeling of euphoria of just looking around you and seeing the good?  It's all passion.  Have you ever desired something so much you can taste it?  You've experienced passion.  But love, just like the examples above, is a form of passion.  If you have that deep emotional connection, you have passion.

Looking at any couple who has been together for any length of time at all, if we are talking about sexual passion, they will tell you that over the years, there are highs, and there are lows. Does that mean you no longer love each other? No it doesn't.  If you love each other with enough passion, then that is enough of to sustain your relationship until the next high point.

Any couple that is relying on sexual passion to hold their relationship together is only fooling themselves. All too often, people confuse sexual desire for passion, and they base their relationship on it. Sexual desire is a form of passion, but is not passion itself. These relationships, in all likelihood, will eventually burn out.

There are also the cases where that sexual high point will never be achieved again. Many people come down with various ailments or diseases that leaves them incapable of ever having sex again. Does not having sexual passion in a relationship mean that that person is no longer lovable? Absolutely not. For these people, there is enough doubt and insecurity to begin with, without worrying if the person they love will no longer love them back. Again, the passion of love is what sustains the relationship.

If you love someone, or something, passion of some sort must exist. If the passion of love does not exist, there is nothing to base the relationship on.  While many passionate emotions can exist without love, there is no way for love to exist without passion.

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