Is it Lust, Love, Infatuation, or Attraction? Is there a difference? (RQ)

Brother Bear from Macon, Ga asks,
“How does one know the difference between lust and love, infatuation and attraction, and how do we ignore it?”  

First, I would like to say, “Thank you Brother Bear for giving me my first reader question! I really appreciate you and I hope I give this question a justifiable answer.”

This is a tough question because I truly feel we often will not have one with another. My thoughts are: True Love is lasting. Pure Lust is blinding. Deep Infatuation is consuming. Physical, Spiritual, and Mental Attraction is desired. Now, of course each of these descriptions can be found within the others, but allow me to break it down to show you what I mean. I will start from the bottom and work my way back up.
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