If you understand me but do not care for me, then your understanding is of no value and the same is true when you care for me but understanding is missing. These two simplistic yet very meaningful words - Understand and Care, makes me conclude that "Love is simply a healthy blend of them both". Tomorrow is Valentine's day and like every year, gift shops will enjoy hefty sales of their merchandise, not to mention the flower sellers, who are going to rejoice for the same reason too and as we progress through 2015 we will again see many (not all but many) girlfriends-boyfriends of today ending their relationship due a plethora of known and unknown reasons.
What then is love? Things like buying gifts and being on Whatsapp for hours and meeting regularly over a coffee, are mere rituals which keeps a relationship alive, they are not the determinants of whether you both still love each other or not. These are simply ways of understanding each other on a more emotional and spiritual level. The question is- Is understanding and care going hand in hand?
If understanding is accompanied with a lack of care then it simply means that your 'interest' in your partner is dying down (for whatever reasons) and if care is good but understanding is missing then sooner or later your partner will feel like he or she is with a mechanical caretaker and not a life partner.
To conclude, love is a blend of understanding and care and if any one out of these two is missing then a total collapse of what you perceive as 'Love' awaits you.
P.S. Just written my random thoughts down. . . simply a set of opinions and opinions are neither right nor wrong. However if you want to add something to this and fill the void in my understanding, do feel free to comment below...
Peace,
Rafaat Khan
I truely believe in one fact that ever day should be a valentines day.....there should be one single day to celebrate as valentines day......and to be honest valentines day can be even celebrated with the people who you love.....they can be your parents, best friend, brothers, sister or for a matter of fact even with your guru....
ReplyDeleteOh yes Rajashree, Love is universal and it is a language of feeling with which you make your dear ones feel special, you make them feel that they really matter to you and it is applicable to all those who are closer to your heart and who have touched your life in the way that no one else did...
ReplyDelete