Is It Love or Crush?

"How do I love thee?
Let me count the ways."
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, from How Do I Love Thee?

"Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness."
by Oliver Wendell Holmes

"Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within the reach of every hand."
Mother Teresa

"Love is the emotions that catches you unaware and causes you to laugh when you're discourages and cry when you want to be tough"

Isn't it really nice to fall in love and receive those simple yet touching crush and love quotes? Definitely yes!

But how can we distinguish crush from love? What are the difference between the two, since both involve feelings of attraction to the opposite sex.

Crush is just a temporary feeling of admiration towards the opposite sex. It is based on what the object of your desire looks like, and your perception of what that person might be like. Maybe you like the way he or she looks or the physical appearance, the way he or she dressed up, walk, smile, dance, sing or even just his or her, two deep dimples. But these admiration does not go beyond deeper feeling. It lasted only for a while or for a short time. In crush you can't look straight into the eyes of the person you admire. You are shy and very conscious with how you look, talk or even walk. You want acceptance and you are afraid to be ignored. It is almost an obsession that you cannot control.But when we speak of love, it used to have a vague definition as many of the human emotions and feelings, mainly because they use it to be a little beyond the words.

Love lasts for a lifetime. It is a feeling of being happy and comfortable with some one you love. Sharing dreams and plans together and making things work out. If you love someone they occupy a great deal of your thoughts and you have a tendency to put their needs above your own quite often because you really do love them and want the best for them even if it means giving up a bit of what you want for that to happen. Love fills your life with purpose while crushes just fill it with fantasies. In crushes its just fun to fantasize about someone but in love you live a great deal of your life in accord with what that person needs to continue to be in our life.

It is really important to distinguish the two inorder to understand their existence and how they affect our lives. This will also help us to understand how we will handle our relationships on our own.