"Now, tell me. You're an intelligent person, I like to hear what you think. What did we overlook?
Love, I said.
Love? said the Commander. What kind of love?
Falling in love, I said.
The Commander looked at me with his candid boy's eyes. Oh yes, he said. I've read the magazines, that's what they were pushing, wasn't it? But look at the stats, my dear. Was it really worth it, falling in love? Arranged marriages have always worked out just as well, if not better.
Love, said Aunt Lydia with distaste. Don't let me catch you at it. No mooning and June-ing around here, girls. Wagging her finger at us. Love is not the point.
Those years were just an anomaly, historically speaking, the Commander said. Just a fluke. All we've done is return things to Nature's norm."
Is love really not part of 'Nature's norm'? Have we held it in such high esteem for so long because that is what we believed to be right, not because it is what we truly feel?
From what I've read and heard of love, it's far from a rational emotion, but it is one that most people experience to some extent in their life. Where would we be without the endless stories, poems and songs about scorned love, unrequited love, everlasting love and most importantly of all true love? The world would be a less interesting place to say the least. The majority of the entertainment in our world centers around some kind of love plot line. And I believe we are richer for it. With most people striving for someone to share their lives with I like to believe that less people are striving for less honourable things.
The emotions we feel are inescapable, whether they are for good or for bad. I believe that it is the ups and downs of our feelings that make us feel alive. Life would be all too dull with out these heights and depths.
1 comment:
I like the media juxtaposition
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