seeking true love

posted Sunday, Feb 26 12:16am

Just finished watching the last episode of a cheesy Taiwanese drama - Heaven's Robe. (Yes, I'm a closet fan). The basis for the drama is the love story between an unlikely couple - an uneducated farm girl and a foreign-educated fashion designer. Their love was met by many difficulties - their background differences, rivalries by other boys and girls...very typical of dramas like that. As expected, the drama had a happy ending, which is what the audience would like.

Maybe I should kick myself for liking a show as such, and religiously following its developments week after week. After all the story is painfully predictable and the acting mediocre. But what draws me to it, and I'm sure is the reason why many girls (and boys) would like it, is the idea of searching for and finding true love.

I think human beings are inherently emotional and romantic. No matter how much we try to be logical and objective towards everything in life, love is something that will be our archiles' heel. Yes, love can be illogical. It's love that may lead us to do illogical and sometimes inane things. It's when we feel love that we stop listening to our heads, and start listening to our hearts. Despite getting burned at times, we never give up on love. We continue looking for it, and sacrificing for it. While we can have everything in the world, we don't stop until we find love.

I'm sure some people won't admit it. But as the world gets richer and better, and people get busier and busier, we try even more desperately to find love. Lust is easy; love isn't.

That's why it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy deep down inside to see those characters who are in love, finally being able to be together forever. No doubt it's all an act. But these are the times when suspension of disbelief becomes extremely useful.

I wonder how much I could sacrifice for love. Or rather, how much I WOULD. When the love becomes that strong, would the question even form in my head? While seeking true love, is it permissible to disregard all other factors that may be important to me otherwise? I suppose not. But can I have the best of both worlds I wonder.

I'll cross the bridge when I get there.