I think you can fall in love at first meeting, and you can fall in lust .. for me there's a palpable difference, and whilst sometimes the pair walk hand in hand, it's not always so. Whether being in love will sustain itself and develop into a love that stays the course depends on circumstance, reciprocity, and mutual commitment .. it needs generosity, you need to work at it and hold each other in mutual respect and esteem.
And yes, I'm sure some people go through their lives without experiencing it, but if we are blessed we find it, and then it's up to us to do our best to make it work. I've been in love many times, in lust not a few .. I've loved and made it work, and I've loved and lost. The wonderful thing is that it's always possible one might love and make it work again :)
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