Lust and Love

Lust an intense desire or appetite. Love profound tender passionate affection for another person. It is interesting to say the least that the dictionary meaning of the word lust does not go so far as to relate the desire or appetite to that of another person. When looking closely at these two definitions it would seem difficult to confuse the two. There would seem that there is clearly a difference between tender passionate affection than an intense desire or appetite, yet lust is often confused for love to the detriment of those involved. And yet if one takes a closer look at the defination of love, does it not seem to be lacking in some level of completeness without the intense desire words built somewhere into the definition. So then if one has an intense desire or appetite for another individual yet also has tender passionate affection for that same individual how does that fit.

Perhaps an intense desire is not as sustainable a feeling as tender passionate affection. Some where there is a much wiser woman than me, perhaps she will know the answer to my musings.