love conquers all
took some time off from my exam studying to do some random musing and this is the product..
a lot of people look at the quote in the title and think that it means that if you feel strongly enough for a person, your unrequited love will eventually become requited. some others look at it and think of jesus and his advice to turn the other cheek and the whole non-violence movement. the interpretation i offer might not be new, but i can't be arsed to see if someone else has gone through it before. i see love as an entity. an entity with immense power. an entity that chooses a pair through whom it'll manifest its power. this pair need not be 2 people. could be a person and an idea or some inanimate object. what love does is to create an incredible force of attraction between the two. i guess this manifestation is what we call passion when it comes to ideas or objects and chemistry when it comes to people. love is responsible for people taking up a cause/idea or a person to the exclusion of all else. so much so that they become synonymous with the cause/idea, sometimes to the detriment of all other aspects of their lives. in the case of love for a person, think of the iliad and in it, the story of helen of sparta better known as helen of troy and paris.
love is a cruel mistress who can cause rational thinking and resolve to be chucked out of the window. all she needs is the initial euphoria to sink her hooks in, and she lets human nature carry on. whether it be pride (refusal to admit that maybe the idea is wrong), or lust (kids [edit: i meant kids as in the product of unbridled lust. not advocating paedophilia]). how indeed does one win against love?? but you know what.. sometimes that is the battle you want to lose.. the battle to love =)
a lot of people look at the quote in the title and think that it means that if you feel strongly enough for a person, your unrequited love will eventually become requited. some others look at it and think of jesus and his advice to turn the other cheek and the whole non-violence movement. the interpretation i offer might not be new, but i can't be arsed to see if someone else has gone through it before. i see love as an entity. an entity with immense power. an entity that chooses a pair through whom it'll manifest its power. this pair need not be 2 people. could be a person and an idea or some inanimate object. what love does is to create an incredible force of attraction between the two. i guess this manifestation is what we call passion when it comes to ideas or objects and chemistry when it comes to people. love is responsible for people taking up a cause/idea or a person to the exclusion of all else. so much so that they become synonymous with the cause/idea, sometimes to the detriment of all other aspects of their lives. in the case of love for a person, think of the iliad and in it, the story of helen of sparta better known as helen of troy and paris.
love is a cruel mistress who can cause rational thinking and resolve to be chucked out of the window. all she needs is the initial euphoria to sink her hooks in, and she lets human nature carry on. whether it be pride (refusal to admit that maybe the idea is wrong), or lust (kids [edit: i meant kids as in the product of unbridled lust. not advocating paedophilia]). how indeed does one win against love?? but you know what.. sometimes that is the battle you want to lose.. the battle to love =)
