The Difference

I wanted to know if people really know tha difference between begin in love and loving somebody. I know the difference, but perhaps that's due to personal experience. I have found that many people do not know the difference between the two. Nowadays LOVE is us a word that is tossed around, like its nothing. Our generation has been deemed a lazy generation. Our graduation rate is not at its highest.
    How does one learn the difference between being in love and loving someone? I would guess tha same way we learn anything else, by someone teaching us. Strange though , because from what I've seen the people who have never been in love can't explain the difference. Kinda like this is one of those things that is only learned through experience.




    Love is a very powerful, and sometimes extremely dangerous emotion. Loving someone is unconditional. When u love someone you are taking that person for what they do, no matter what they look like or what they are. It is an extreme level of care, to if something were to happen to that person you would be very hurt. Loving someone you care for their well being but won't necessarily place their needs and wants above your own. It is a deeper care than of just a regular person that you met at the gas station. You value what the people you love say. You will do a lot for the people you love. It is however conditional.
    When you are in love its like the world stops. You will let nothing distract you from that person. You often place their needs and wants above your own. The person you are in love with is held at a higher value than the other people in your life. Being in love can turn you into a very selfish person. You want to be around that person all the time. You want them to dedicate most of their time to you. You feel so strongly for them that you want them all to your self. Its painful to see them interact with the opposite sex in such an intimate manner. Being in love touches all of ones emotions. Can make you blind and cause you to put up with things that you would not normally.
    Love is forever. You may fall out of love with a person but you will always love that person. Will always have a general care for them.  A person will generally do more for a person they are in love with versus a person they just love. Being in love and loving someone is two totally different things. You told me you love me... But by which definition?