To define love without passion would be to define sport without challenge. Neither exists. Passion is pursued in the hopes of love while maintaining its status within that love after being obtained. Lust, much like the two is an impersonator, in that it mocks the aspects of love and passion in what is an illusion - a momentary reflection of love and passion.

From very early years we have always been taught that life is not completed until you have loved and been loved. But love, much like truth has many different characteristics. To love a friend is different than loving a husband or wife, different from family or even an object. It is to each persons discretion that love can be defined. Dictionaries would say that love is a feeling of deep devotion or affection for another person. This is true is some...