Ideals and ideas of | Love

There is a fundamental truth about love which is often times simply disregarded. It is a self-concealing truth: it is not given due attention because it asks us to look at a smokescreen – many times easily confused with a more ‘authentic’ notion of love. This truth is that, especially in the technological age,

Love is becoming more of an ideal and less of an idea

When the fictions in our minds take over our eyes, there is bound to be a dissonance which, if not addressed in the proper way, will in the end result in a breakdown. It could be personal, it could be in a relationship – or it would be both. I reckon that in final analysis, a situation ought to be addressed squarely, taking into consideration everything. It is not easy, but that is what love might be all about, after all. Not holding on no matter what, but adapting to the situation, together. Facing the world back-to-back.

This too could be an ideal, but it is one well worth pursuing.

 

The greatest gift…

How often do we listen to what the others have to say? Many times, especially as we grow older, we don’t really listen, but rather hear what is being said. The difference is a crucial one: listening to a person is an act of love. Hearing is the opposite – the speaker is rarely acknowledged existence in the first place. All we do is to merely glance at the words’ outline through the thick shades we wear, layer upon layer, in order to protect our eyes.

Perhaps, for Valentine’s Day, the perfect gift would be to simply sit down, and rediscovering each other, once more. To pause, suspend the world ‘out there’, and simply – to listen.