hephaestus

Just a few minutes ago, while playing Restaurant City and Farm Town on Facebook in a computer shop, I overheard a woman talking over the microphone.  She was talking to some foreign man, maybe with a web cam to go with it.  It wasn't my intention to listen to their conversation but she was seated right behind me and her voice was loud that I think everyone in the shop heard everything.  From how things were going, I think this man is her online boyfriend and he wants to come here in the Philippines and meet her in person.  Apparently, she has a son and I think her husband is either dead or they got separated.  The man is obviously available, he had a few relationships and they all did not go well.  So the conversation went on with all the mushy stuff and flirtatious comments, and it got me into thinking... why are we seeking love?

If I asked myself this question years ago, I would definitely say we seek love because we think something like that really exists.  But now, things are a bit different.  I would say we seek love because it really exists.  Looking for that one person who can love us the way we wanted to, and searching the entire planet for that single person we like to spend the rest of our lives with are enough good reasons. 

I used to believe fighting for what you love is insanity.  Against all odds.  You and me against the world.  People who put their lives on the line just to be with the person they love are out of their minds.  People who cheated, broke someone's heart or even killed for what they believe is love.  How could you treasure someone that is not even from your blood line?  How can you care so much for such a complete stranger?  How could you throw away everything you have just to be with that person?  I think now I am beginning to understand.  Well, it's because we have learned how to really love.  It's an emotion that has no exact definition but we all understand what it is.  Some people may find some reasons immoral, improper, or culturally, socially or politically unacceptable, but what the heck?  We choose to seek love because we believe that it will give us the kind of happiness that we are all looking for in this sad, gloomy world. We chase after it because we think that it will fill that void in our lives.  And for those who can find it, I'll bet there is no greater feeling in the world than this... to see your life mirrored in a stranger's eyes!