posted Monday, Jun 5 4:03 am
I seem to be hearing a lot of horror stories about failed or failing relationships of late. A break up here, a divorce there, or a mutually destructive relationship hanging by a thread...not exactly the most encouraging thing to hear, for a person who still believes in love such as I. To make things worse, someone I thought was a die-hard romantic actually asked me if romantic relationships are even "worth it". I was stunned.
It appears that a lot of people seem to value romantic relationships like commodities - with an ultimate question in mind whenever they get into one: Is it worth it? Such worth encompasses a whole bunch of factors such as investments in time, effort, and sometimes money; emotional dependence and vulnerability and so on. Then when the relationship doesn't work out, or if the future doesn't look promising, they look back and deem it a waste of time. How pathetic that is! To live a life fearing to fall in love and being tied into a relationship. Just because the future is uncertain. How sad it is if everytime you want to be with someone, all you think about is what the relationship can lead to in a year or two years' time.
It's true that one's heart is not always reliable; and that love can be blind. That's why I think that the heart and the mind must work together in attempting a relationship. While it doesn't guarantee a happy ending, the important thing is that you've tried. Isn't it?
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