the power of love...
Dad and mum just got back from Indonesia. Dad was happy as hell, looking as healthy as he has ever been. Mum was happy as hell, looking as healthy as she's ever been. They both looked so refreshed, it looked like they had just been on their first honeymoon, but they've been married 30 years now. Mum and Dad don't have to say it, but it is obvious to anyone who sits by and watches for long enough. My friends who come over find it so sweet that mum and dad are still so lovey dover at their age. Undoubtedly, this is the best example of true love i can ever find.
After seeing them the way they are, and going through what i've just recently been through, i told myself that i CANNOT lose my faith in love. That even if i have to encounter heartbreak and depression along the way on my journey to love's discovery, i cannot lose my faith in it. Mum and Dad have been through so much together. Race was one, neither my mum's nor dad's side appreciated the fact that they were marrying out. Religion another. Health is becoming a problem now. And yet, their love has overcome all obstacles and reached the state it is in now.
I can safely say it would be anybody's dream to be able to love like how my mum and dad love. they've been together 30 years, but even if they dont see each other for a day, they begin to miss the other's company. In the past month or so, i've been thinking to myself that love is a useless emotion, that eventually love would only lead to pain. But today, when i see my mum and dad that way, i realize that love is the most powerful thing a man can have. I realize that even if i encounter heartbreak, pain and depression again, it will all be worth it when i find the right girl. I may have been wrong about who was the right girl before, but i cannot stop searching now. Even now when my mum just pulled through cancer and my dad has blood pressure problems, their love is pulling them through.
And it is an amazing sight to behold.
Now that i think about it, you can have all the money in the world, you can have all the sex in the world, but if you cannot say "There is someone out there who truly loves me, who will stand by me to death, who accepts my every flaw and who I love too", then you can never consider your life a success. You cannot live until you have loved and been loved.
I guess I should thank you for the last part at least.
In the darkest of times, love will be your guiding light
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
FARTED @ 12:59 AM
