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Lust for life. (editor's desk).(Brief Article)(Editorial)
"Compelling emotion; intense emotional drive or excitement ... strong love or affection ... the object of any strong desire or fondness."
That's how Webster's defines "passion."
As we embark upon this season of love, it's easy to get caught up in what's expected -- Valentine's Day cards dripping with sentiment, heart-shaped boxes of overly sweet chocolates, flashy jewelry and dinners at crowded restaurants.
This seems to have more to do with appeasing our sense of obligation rather than with the visceral emotion that is at the core of all this -- passion.
Passion should be a power, a transforming, transcendent force that moves us, changes us, improves us, ennobles us, enraptures us and -- above all -- focuses what we feel for the one we love by encircling every moment in the fires of that love.
This warmth, or heat, can inform our every breathing moment with a joie de vivre, a gusto or verve that energizes all of our moments -- and all of our ...
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...destroy Donald Hill's love for his fiancee Pamela...loved. He poured out his passion for upper-class model...able to read his words of love. The pair had lived a...son and a story with a passion worthy of Emily Bronte...The book, The Code Of Love by Andro Linklater, contains...
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- Magazine article from: School Arts January 1, 2002 700+ words
...would you look for in that person? HG: In a single word: PASSION! I'd look for a genuine love of art and the passion to share it with others. If you have the underlying passion, you will continually seek professional growth opportunities...
- Celebrate Love, Passion and Intimacy With An All-Natural Love Potion...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 16, 2003 700+ words
...share is the moment of total surrender. Celebrate love passion and intimacy with a love potion exclusively for women. An all-natural...your rendezvous hot, intense and orgasmic," says love and relationship expert Ava Cadell, Ph.D...
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- News wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News October 31, 2009 700+ words
...the Poetica Ensemble will perform "Greek Songs of Love and Passion" at 8 p.m. Nov. 7 at the Lee Theater in the Blanche...Ensemble, Orfanos proves that musicality is driven by love and passion. The concert is sponsored by E. Desmond Lee Global...
- The sense of love, passion, calmness and security with Marc O'Polo. (Top to...
- Magazine article from: Cosmetics International Cosmetic Products Report January 1, 2002 700+ words
...fragrances. The Marc O'Polo Woman scent is packaged in a rosewood colour which, it is said, symbolises life, love and passion. The fragrance includes notes of tangerine, blackcurrant, vanilla and tonka beans. The male fragrance, packaged...
- ATTORNEY SAYS MAN KILLED FOR LOVE, PASSION.(NEWS)
- Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) Perry, Kimball May 24, 2001 700+ words
...times. Leonard killed her, his attorney says, in a moment of passion. Prosecutors insist Leonard lied about not planning to kill...t there to kill her. He loved her. . . . Dawn was his true love.'' She was, Tieger countered, Leonard's true possession...
