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Loving Love

By Ben Mester

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Published: 06Aug2009
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I think more than anything, I am in love with the idea of being in love. It sounds like an odd, or even juvenile statement, but it has come from many hours of pondering. Most people would look at a statement like that and say: "You shouldn't put so much hope in love. You have too high an expectation." I agree with those who would say that. What I am trying to say is something different which I will try and articulate.

Most people are devoid of a healthy longing for the finer things in life. How many a man is completely resigned to his lot in life, settling for nothing more than the simple pleasures right in front of his face, sadly convinced that great and wonderful things aren't possible for him in this world? But how can we live life in such a way, knowing that the time is short? I think of a favorite Bible passage:

"Each man's life is but a breath;

Man is a mere phantom that goes to and fro

he bustles about, but only in vain

he heaps up wealth not knowing who will get it."

In this world, our time is short. The meaning and passion we find in life truly are momentous and worthy things, and we should take delight in the fact that we are allowed to be a part of them.

There's a simple scene that often plays through my mind. One day, however long from now, I will be in love will a girl, and she will rest her head contentedly on my shoulder. I'll look over at her and smile and she'll smile in return and she'll squeeze my hand tightly, and we'll know that what we have is something rare. Half of the joy of being in love will be the realization that I have been given something truly grand and wonderful in life - that life is short, and though I am just a breath, I can be a breath breathed deeply.

When I say that I am in love with the idea of being in love, I do not in any way mean to say that I'm placing all my hope in someone else to fill up what's lacking in my life. Rather, I am in love with the idea of what love is, that I will one day get to share in it, and though the time is short, we will make our time worthy of remembrance.

Thanks for reading yet more of my odd romantic notions. If you've liked these and want more romantic thoughts, check out my blog. Thanks.

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