Hola
folks!!
Happy
Valentine’s Day!!
Don’t
worry I am not going to bore you with the history behind this day since the
news channels are doing that job pretty well already.
As I was humming the song ‘dil
diyan gallan’ that was playing on the radio this morning, I pondered on the
concept of love. I got quite
philosophical. We have grown up watching movies like Kuch Kuch Hota Hai that preached the idea of one love in a
lifetime. Remember the famous dialogue “Hum ek baar jeete hai, ek baar marte hai,
shaadi bhi ek baar hoti hai ... aur pyar ek baar hi hota hai”?
Now in 2018, as I am about to taste the dirty thirty I am
almost laughing at the idea (yes I just revealed my age and I feel no shame). Don’t
take me wrong. Looking at the increasing number of divorces the idea of one
marriage definitely feels like a torn and tattered piece of cloth being used as
a dust cloth. Leaving this topic’s discussion for some other time, it is just
that the concept of love has evolved so much in the recent years.
When we were younger the death of a relationship meant apocalypse.
It felt like the world has come to an end, as if someone just pushed us from a
cliff to fall flat on the ground to never wake up. But hello! That’s not true because
the notion of one love exists only in movies. In real life we fall in love not
once, not twice but again and again because we are human; we are social animals!
We learn from one failed relationship and a little more
from another failed one till we find our soul mates. It is not that we didn’t love
the ones we were earlier with, ofcourse we did! It is just that the love was
not strong enough to make it to the finishing line of life.
What I am trying to tell you all here is that do not shy
away from falling in love. It is a beautiful feeling. If it doesn’t work once doesn’t
mean it will never work again. This goes especially for our youth who often
believes in the myth of one love and resort to stupid ideas if things do not
work out. This is not reel life, this is real life and we learn from our
mistakes, our failed relationships and we find our way to love yet again. “kyunki, yeh dil hai nadaan, aur pyaar ho
jaata hai baar baar”. Well I just made up that line. It’s not too bad
right? Ok it sucks (eyes rolling).
Anyway
on this day of love (though I feel one should express love everyday), if you
are feeling sullen from a broken relationship, just shed that feeling off, get
up and celebrate love; express it. Be brave to rise in love yet again. And you don’t
necessarily need a partner to express love.
Love
in the recent times has found a different definition. Treat yourself or go on a
date with your parents or grandparents. Give love to your siblings and your
children. I just kissed my little bundle of love sleeping all cozily wrapped in
a blanket next to me.
I
am not sure how much of my philosophy will make sense to you. May be you take
it as gibberish.
But
all I want to say is “Just be brave to love and you will be surprised to have
found it in abundance!”
Happy
Valentines Day once again!
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