Saturday, August 25, 2007
Love
"Love - it is a motherfucker." This eloquent quote is from the movie "Old School," which is a classic in my humble opinion. And the sentiment expressed in those 5 carefully chosen words resonate with the way I often feel. Love, or what I typically think love is, is often a pain-filled exercise in futility. Why is that? I think part of the reason, at least for myself, is that when I fall in love, it involves an attempt by my heart to fill a need that romantic love cannot fill. And so I cling to this object of my love, and in my immaturity I fail to find what I seek. Real love, I am learning, is something different. When I have it all figured out, I will write another post entitled "Love - it's not so bad."
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"Love- it's not so bad"- ha ha ha! That made me laugh. :) Imagine what it could be like when you reach "Love- it's kind of enjoyable" or "Love- it's good" or even "Love- it's hard but really quite satisfying!" :) I'm with you though, still working my way through some of the lower stages... But hey, at least we're on the move.
wait til you get to "love -what was that all about"
Thank you for the comments, both of you! I think the general consensus that is coming through is that love is a mystery. Which is a polite way of saying something a little more base.
What about: "Love: it stinks but when you're in it for so long you can't smell the stench"? You get used to the fact that it's not all fairy tales and romance and that it's something much more everyday than that. You get to the point where it's good but it's not everything. And it still stinks from time to time.
Thank you technophobe! Truer words were never spoken.
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