Half A Love
Here’s a short one I wrote one very frustrated day. No need to ask why, I won’t tell you anyway.
People who marry for security or
perhaps marry since they know their partner loves them so much are
rarely happy. There is something to be said about two people mutually
falling in love. In my opinion, the reason why relationships fail is
because one of the two partners is not as committed to the
relationship as the other.
We have heard countless times the
statement “I love you but not as much as you love me.” We have
witnessed on several occasions couples breaking up for this reason,
that one loves the other greater. But, I do believe that there are no
degrees to love. There is no such thing as less love or more love.
There is only love.
Now what is the explanation for
the statement mentioned? They simply do not love their partner. This
is what I would like to call infatuation, stretched to its limits.
Many a time a person lets the words “I love you” fly without an
afterthought, at times without even considering its consequences.
Worse, they don’t even know what they just said. Afterwards they
take the statement back after a series of events with such statements
as “I just don’t love you that much” or “I love her more than
I love you.” and the ever so common “I love you but I’m not ‘in
love’ with you.”
Happiness in a relationship is
only achieved if both partners truly love each other. As said, there
are no degrees to love. So a couple in love with each other could
only end up happy no matter what event may transpire, again, as long
as they both love each other. This is all based on the assumption
that love is all that man needs. Why take this assumption? I take the
assumption because of one Man. There was a Man who lived for love,
lived to love, and lived on because of love.
To those who do not wish to adapt
a religious angle let us apply a scientific theory here; Kessler’s
theory of halves. A person can never get to a certain place if he
takes half way all the time. He moves halfway then half of that half,
then half of that second half. He in essence can never get to where
he wants since there are infinite halves. Leaving him longing for
something, never getting there, no matter how much he tries. It
requires the second person to go the other half.
In conclusion, before you say “I
love you” be prepared to walk half the way, and I sincerely hope
that the person you say that to, will walk the other half.
Til next time! Enjoy!
