Mankind has gazed at the stars from time immemorial in wonder and we have asked ourselves “what are we here for?” and “why do we exist?” a myriad of times. Some believed that God Almighty created them, yet others believed they’ll never know. Each of us set sail in a quest to find the purpose of our very existence, at some point in our lives. Once we have sailed far enough from the shores of reason, when the heart breaks free like a storm and the mind is blinded by lightning, the inexpressible truth descends upon us in all its glory; when we fall in love.
Some dismiss it as just a feeling. Yet others say it is the realization of the human urge to please our emotional and biological needs. But the enlightened hearts admit that it is a journey they take to venture beyond their human confines into the perfect and ideal. “Love” is what is called the moment they take, to comprehend the purity and limitlessness of the divine and be one with their creator, where they like he did, would lay down their lives and all they have for the ones they so dearly love.
When you fall in love, you think about very few things... not bothering to find out what is going on in the world outside. You fall asleep hugging a pillow, so that you could be with your beloved as you dream. You have just one thought in mind when you wake up early morning, and the same reflection when you go to sleep at night. You fall asleep as her sweet voice echoes in your ears and you crave to see her in your dreams. You feel truly 'alive' and life is no more a routine because there is much to live for in every day. The thought of her excites you and makes you worry at the same time, but they are not worries at all; just a test of your patience and faith. You yearn to learn her favorite song and sing it softly to her ears and your hands ache to hold hers’ and dance with her. All you want is to be there for her at all times; to laugh with her in her happiness and cry with her when she is sad and to rest her head on your shoulders and wipe the tears away. Every time her smile adorns your day, you count your blessings and give thanks to your creator with all your heart, as much as every tear that fills her eyes, makes you want to change the world so that she would never ever have to cry again.
It is all said to happen when you find in a stranger; your own lost identity. She makes you realize what you always wanted to be and at the same time, makes you feel appreciated for who you are. You fall in love when you see in her; the purpose why you were put here on earth and realize; that life with all its troubles and uncertainty is still worth living. You see in her eyes; the light that brightens your life and find in her sweet smile the fountain of joy overflowing from your heart, running through your body and filling your soul. Then your heart leaps out; risking everything you have, for just a chance to touch the priceless pearl in her heart that you alone have found.
Love gives us the wisdom that seeks to understand our loved ones and not judge them; for love looks not with the eyes but with the heart. It gives us the strength to accept their human weakness and love them still more. Love is an act of selfless giving without the hope of receiving anything in return and a drill where we learn to let go of all our own desires for those of our loved ones. Sometimes the person that you need to hold close and be with forever, is the very person you have to watch; disappearing over the distant horizon, but love; as it fosters your desire to possess, also should give you the strength to let go.
So, can I talk of a love without joy and heartache? Or can I talk of a fire without light and heat? When you are in love, your tears will dry up far before your pain does. To fall in love is to open the doors of your heart to everything that love brings with it and to float your spirit in the sea of helplessness. For love, as much as it would heal your heart will stab you in the depths of your soul; as much as it would give meaning to your life, will make you wish you were dead instead. This is true, but only because love in its grandeur is worth all pain and all the tears you could ever cry. It is the trophy for the enduring heart because true love itself will give you the strength to endure and hold on to your faith; when in life you are troubled and to trust yourself and your beloved; though the whole world may doubt.
But sad is the story of those who choose not to love, in their fear of its pain and heartache, and those who refuse to believe because they dread the truth. They will forever wonder senselessly carrying the burden of their empty hearts where they would never laugh all their laughter or cry till their tears run dry. The love within their own hearts would elude them for with its pain and its ecstasy, love has made itself perfect; whose faultlessness only could cure human failings and whose wisdom could divest human foolishness.
Love, as it grows will break its own dwelling place; your heart, like the snake sheds its own skin. Then when you mend the pieces of your broken heart with the glue of your faith, and tie a ribbon of hope around it, you will find that the chamber within your heart is larger than what it used to be and warmer for love to dwell with your beloved. Only if love finds you worthy, will it sting your heart like the snake with its precious and lethal venom, so that through the swelling of your heart and the pain in the depths of your soul, you will depart your mortal human being into the world of the eternal, for love itself is eternal.
This is but a shadow of what true love is; and an expression of its beauty grasped only by those who know the truth in every word, for this is not an attempt to romanticize “love”, but instead aims to appreciate the gracefulness of those beautiful people who make us feel love and those who make us feel loved. They and they alone are more precious than love itself for it is only through their lives that love reveals itself to us and lives on in our lives transcending the confines of both space and time.
Some dismiss it as just a feeling. Yet others say it is the realization of the human urge to please our emotional and biological needs. But the enlightened hearts admit that it is a journey they take to venture beyond their human confines into the perfect and ideal. “Love” is what is called the moment they take, to comprehend the purity and limitlessness of the divine and be one with their creator, where they like he did, would lay down their lives and all they have for the ones they so dearly love.
When you fall in love, you think about very few things... not bothering to find out what is going on in the world outside. You fall asleep hugging a pillow, so that you could be with your beloved as you dream. You have just one thought in mind when you wake up early morning, and the same reflection when you go to sleep at night. You fall asleep as her sweet voice echoes in your ears and you crave to see her in your dreams. You feel truly 'alive' and life is no more a routine because there is much to live for in every day. The thought of her excites you and makes you worry at the same time, but they are not worries at all; just a test of your patience and faith. You yearn to learn her favorite song and sing it softly to her ears and your hands ache to hold hers’ and dance with her. All you want is to be there for her at all times; to laugh with her in her happiness and cry with her when she is sad and to rest her head on your shoulders and wipe the tears away. Every time her smile adorns your day, you count your blessings and give thanks to your creator with all your heart, as much as every tear that fills her eyes, makes you want to change the world so that she would never ever have to cry again.
It is all said to happen when you find in a stranger; your own lost identity. She makes you realize what you always wanted to be and at the same time, makes you feel appreciated for who you are. You fall in love when you see in her; the purpose why you were put here on earth and realize; that life with all its troubles and uncertainty is still worth living. You see in her eyes; the light that brightens your life and find in her sweet smile the fountain of joy overflowing from your heart, running through your body and filling your soul. Then your heart leaps out; risking everything you have, for just a chance to touch the priceless pearl in her heart that you alone have found.
Love gives us the wisdom that seeks to understand our loved ones and not judge them; for love looks not with the eyes but with the heart. It gives us the strength to accept their human weakness and love them still more. Love is an act of selfless giving without the hope of receiving anything in return and a drill where we learn to let go of all our own desires for those of our loved ones. Sometimes the person that you need to hold close and be with forever, is the very person you have to watch; disappearing over the distant horizon, but love; as it fosters your desire to possess, also should give you the strength to let go.
So, can I talk of a love without joy and heartache? Or can I talk of a fire without light and heat? When you are in love, your tears will dry up far before your pain does. To fall in love is to open the doors of your heart to everything that love brings with it and to float your spirit in the sea of helplessness. For love, as much as it would heal your heart will stab you in the depths of your soul; as much as it would give meaning to your life, will make you wish you were dead instead. This is true, but only because love in its grandeur is worth all pain and all the tears you could ever cry. It is the trophy for the enduring heart because true love itself will give you the strength to endure and hold on to your faith; when in life you are troubled and to trust yourself and your beloved; though the whole world may doubt.
But sad is the story of those who choose not to love, in their fear of its pain and heartache, and those who refuse to believe because they dread the truth. They will forever wonder senselessly carrying the burden of their empty hearts where they would never laugh all their laughter or cry till their tears run dry. The love within their own hearts would elude them for with its pain and its ecstasy, love has made itself perfect; whose faultlessness only could cure human failings and whose wisdom could divest human foolishness.
Love, as it grows will break its own dwelling place; your heart, like the snake sheds its own skin. Then when you mend the pieces of your broken heart with the glue of your faith, and tie a ribbon of hope around it, you will find that the chamber within your heart is larger than what it used to be and warmer for love to dwell with your beloved. Only if love finds you worthy, will it sting your heart like the snake with its precious and lethal venom, so that through the swelling of your heart and the pain in the depths of your soul, you will depart your mortal human being into the world of the eternal, for love itself is eternal.
This is but a shadow of what true love is; and an expression of its beauty grasped only by those who know the truth in every word, for this is not an attempt to romanticize “love”, but instead aims to appreciate the gracefulness of those beautiful people who make us feel love and those who make us feel loved. They and they alone are more precious than love itself for it is only through their lives that love reveals itself to us and lives on in our lives transcending the confines of both space and time.
