NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/alt/romance/15629

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From: [e-mail] (J. Fippen)
Subject: Love is giving, not taking.
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Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 20:34:55 GMT
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    In the media these days "sex" is the big word. It's used to sell everything,
and it is called, regularly, the same as love. This is a lie, because  love is
a thousand times greater than sex. Sex is an important part of love, but  it is
nowhere near the greatness of love.
        There are many people who preach love as sex; it is not. Sex is easy
to find; just go down to your local bar and you will find plenty to oblige,
just go to bed with them and you're there. And tomorrow that person won't
remember your name! I used to look down on these people, then I realized they
simply don't understand what love is, so we must be sorry for them because they
miss the greatest part of life: LOVE.
        Sex (lust) is of the body, glandular in nature, and is easily
satisfied. Love is of the heart (soul), and is satisfied only with that one
person with whom your heart is joined, and love will endure as long as you
live. It is not a temporary joining of the hearts, but something to be with you
as long as you live. I simply don't believe I could be an old man and alone; it
would be too much to bear. I love my wife and gladly give to her everything
that I have, and she has done the same for me. We have total harmony, respect,
and support for each other; our closeness is total, our fidelity absolute; all
of this can be put in one word: LOVE.

                                                        John Fippen