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March 13, 2007
A Certain Romance
I am seeking a certain romance. I know what it is I’m looking for. I’ve felt it before—many times. However, most of those times came before the age of 25, before I began to get a grasp on love and life and how they were intertwined. I’m talking about the kind of romance you felt back in the days when puppy love kept you up at night. It’s the kind of all consuming romance that seems so shallow, in retrospect, but in another way speaks of a truth that embodies what love should be about: all-consuming passion for that one special person. Shouldn’t that be how every long-term romance should start?
I love chatting with people about this. I generally get emphatic responses from either type. People either love the thought and agree or are willing to scream at me for taking that approach. Those that love the idea are dreamers like myself. They think that love needs fireworks and believe it’s possible to keep those sparks flying after 20 or 30 years of marriage. The others seem to dub themselves ‘realists.’ Love isn’t a storybook, they protest. Love is difficult. A certain romance that you have in mind, they tell me, will lead to a life lived alone because fairytales never come true. Despite the two sides, and the very compelling argument made by the realists, I still side with dreamers.
There is a movement of people that believe that you need to live your dreams. Imagine what you want in life and you will attract it to you, with a little work. That’s basically the belief I subscribe to. I don’t think that my future, and the people that will come into it, are the result of my thoughts and divine intervention. But I do think that what I focus on helps to determine where I end up. Right now, I’m focused on that certain romance—the kind of love that lasts.
Who or what are you focused on? And do you think true love is attainable?
Posted by CupidsReviews Doug at March 13, 2007 11:24 AM
