
http://lilmisskiddo.deviantart.com/art/Love-Passion-136828967
14/02/2016
Mostly, people think passion is love, but it isn’t. Passion is ephemeral, just like matches when they are burning... they don’t last much, do they? So is passion...
| LOVE | PASSION |
| Wants what's best for the other person | Tends to be more about "me" |
| Is a state of living | Is a state of being |
| Its essence is deeper understanding | Understanding not even enter here |
| Is unconditional | Purely conditional |
| It has a future | It's about today |
| It gives | It takes |
| Is patient | Is impatient |
| Grows slowly | Happens all at once - at first sight |
| Wants commitment and offers security | Is selfish and has an uncontrollable desire |
| Is faithful | Is disloyal |
| Seeks the truth | Is blind to reality |
| Wants to know and accepts the other person | Wants to change them |
| Does not seek its own | Is self-centred |
| Verbal communication is high - share values | Too much physical |
| Gives | Uses |
| Is honest | Is devious |
| Is given | Is obsessed |
| Accepts | Discards |
| Cares | Dares |
| Is kind | Is blind |
| Appreciates | Intimidates |
| Understands | Makes demands |
| Is responsive | Is insensitive |
| Is deep | Is shallow |
| Communicates | Manipulates |
| Is willing to wait for physical relations; mutual respect | Has to have physical relations now |
| Is willing to work through problems | Avoids problems |
| Is open and honest with each other | Is blind to faults |
| Looks at the total person | Evaluates outward beauty only |
| Is generous | Is selfish |
| Is committed | Is unattached |
| Sympathizes | Criticizes |
| Is life-long | Is temporary |
| Waits | Takes |
Here it is an interesting text:
http://www.gosmartlife.com/blog/bid/105081/Love-Or-Passion-Which-Are-You-Feeling
Something that I can clearly see is that people are looking for passion, but with all the good things that only love can give them. So, what frequently happens is this: people are used as if they were a pair of disposable gloves. I don’t see passion as a bad thing, but as everybody associates it with something merely physical, all I am doing is speaking in the world’s tongue. For me passion has a different meaning, a higher one. It means the strength to fight for something and if it is linked with love (pure love) we have the perfect connection; without love, passion is just a word people use to get what they want. Its meaning is zero, none and nothing!
Looking attentively to the above table, I can visibly see that I’ve never had anything of what is written in the left column. It’s a very sad conclusion...
We can’t choose the people we fall in love with, but we can move away from those who make our lives miserable. That’s why I made this chart; I want you to see if you are being estimated or used. Surely, I’ll consult it in the future; I forget some things constantly (not forget, but ignore because I trust people). I am like the guy in the joke: "Once a man fell into the sea; if some people hadn't saved him, he would have died drowned. When he was at the hospital, a friend visited him and asked:”Don’t you know how to swim? He replied:”In the affliction times a person forgets what they know!"