Maturity is the art of living in peace with what we cannot change, the courage to change what should be changed and the wisdom to know the difference. Love or Infatuation - Return to Index Infatuation is instant desire. It is one set of glands calling to another. Love is 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 you beloved that you would just as soon not examine too closely. It might spoil the dream. Love is quiet understanding and mature acceptance of imperfection. It is real.