Is It Love or Infatuation?

                       Do you know what's the difference between love and infatuation? Because they really differ, a big difference. Have you been attracted from opposite sex? Of course, as a teenager one could feel attracted from opposite sex. And that's what you call ATTRACTION. Attraction is admiration for someone that may include the desire to get to know that person better. Attraction usually takes place in the form of infatuation or crush. 
                     INFATUATION is the admiration for someone while not recognizing that person flaws. Crushes usually last for only a short period of time, a few weeks or maybe a few months. These feelings are completely normal and are part of  becoming a young adult. 
                     Most people begin to form romantic relationships based on love. Love is a deep affection for someone and is based on a true desire for the other persons but interests. In a healthy relationship, the other person shares and responds with the same kind of love. Learning to develop, nurture and even deal with the loss of these relationships are the most important ways to prepare for adult relationships.
                   

                     Love and infatuation are both intense emotions that one feels for another person. These feelings are the most often confused for each other by many people. But the two feelings differ in their actuality of love, intensity and final outcome. Infatuation is an instant desire. It is one of glands calling to another. Love is a friendship that has caught fire. It takes root and grows one day at a time. Infatuation is marked by a feeling of insecurity. You are excited and eager, but not genuinely happy. There are nagging doubts, unanswered questions; little bits and pieces about your beloved that you would just as soon not examine too closely, it might spoil the dream. 
                   Love is quiet understanding and the mature accept of imperfection. It is real. It gives you strength and grows beyond you to bolster your beloved. You are warmed by his or her presence ever when he/she is away. Miles do not separate you. You want him/her nearer but near or far you know he/she is yours and you can wait. 
               Infatuation says, " We must get married right away! I can't risk losing you! ". Love says, " Be patient. Do not panic. Plan your future with confidence". Infatuation has an element of sexaul excitement. If you are honest, you can admit to be in one another's company unless you are sure it will end in intimacy. Love is maturation of friendship. You must be friend before you can be lovers. Infatuation lacks confidence. When he/she is away, you wonder if he/she is cheating. Sometimes you check. 
               Love means trust. You are calm, secure and unthreatened. Your beloved feels that also and that makes him/her even more trustworthy. Infatuation might lead you to do things you will regret later but love never  will. Love is an upper. It makes you look up. It makes you think up. It makes you a better person. 
            

                 So, have you been inlove? Check yourself first if it is infatuation or it is love then. Make yourself clear with your decisions and analyze things clearly. Because one choice, one decisions means everything. 
             

               " LOVE is patient , love is kind. It does not envy. It does boast. It is not proud. It is not rude. It is not self-seeking. It is not easily angered and it keeps no record of wrong. Love does not delight in evi; but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, trusts, hopes and perseveres." 
                                          

                                                                                              I Corinthians 13:4-8