wow
I did a bit of travelling this week. Travelling to another city changes your perspective so much. About that city. About your city. Even life. Can it change your perspective enough to want to move there? Or is it because of this certain someone i met. Ah! Now i'm getting somewhere.I'm at a stage in my life where i dont meet so many like-minded people. And i've had this discussion thrice the past week with my chums about how we make fewer friends as we grow older. Just really good acquaintances. And then i meet this person who shares my view. And not just on this topic. But practically everything i said to her. I was floored. I'm still reeling.
Which brings me to a pet subject of mine, that of love and attraction. On my flight back, i read this line in - of all the places to read something meaningful - an in-flight magazine. Its by Robert Frost. He says,"love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired." I'm floored again. Although my friend thinks that love is a much deeper feeling than that.
Another friend of mine believes that the English language is not equipped to deal with the depths of love. He says,"In English its just 'I love you' or 'I am in love with you'". "But", he continued, "In Urdu, you have pyar, ishq, mohabbat and deewangee". Which, roughly translated, are stages of love ranging from a mild affection to raving madness.
I retorted, "What about Its not you, its me." We're still looking for an Indian equivalent.
I, personally, like the 'mild affection' part so much that i don't want to go any further. I just want to permanently float a couple of feet above the ground and dream endlessly.
If you can find a person who can you that feeling forever, is he/she your true love?
posted by chandru @ 2:15 PM
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I can third that view!
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