RE: What Ails You, O Innocent Heart?
Beautifully said!
Perhaps we all arrive in adulthood with our own interpretations of what love is, based in part of observing our world and in part on fantasy fiction, TV and whatever else.
For each of us, it means something different; something unique.
As often as not, I sense that such meaning is also about how "deep" it has to be before we actually attach the label "love" to it. To put it slightly differently, to some people love is a 1-in-20 thing, for others it is a 1-in-1,000,000 thing.
Sometimes I hear people debate whether love is a feeling or an act. I'm thinking it's both.
Once in a while, I have met "it" couples that have been together for 30 years, and they seem almost like giddy teenagers experiencing first love... they are that connected, on all levels.
Perhaps the betrayals you mention happen because most of us are not willing — aside from which, it's hardly PRACTICAL — to wait for such a lightning stike to happen. Whether we feel pressured by social convention or our own insecurities, we end up (trying?) embracing something more modest.
Beautiful lamp, btw!
Totally! Our “love rules” are shaped by the stories we grew up with — whether it’s friends’ or relatives’ marriage anecdotes, or the latest romance novel, and in my case the movies with endless romantic songs. LOL. It’s funny how much TV and movies sneak into our expectations. We end up chasing that perfect scene, not realizing that real love is messy, unexpected, and far more interesting...
Those rare couples who still look at each other with teenage awe after decades... they give hope. But like you said, most of us are busy managing timelines, expectations, and fears — we often settle into something quieter, maybe safer. And sometimes, that can grow into something beautiful too, if not romantic in the textbook sense...
"Most people are not really looking for love. They're looking for someone to make them feel loved."
— Neil Strauss
Thank you for noticing the lamp ;)))
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