lately thoughts of love and relationships are filling my head. It is a strange thing. Love can be such a body numbing thing , whether falling in love or trying to get out. People use the word so easily, so freely. It has lost all meaning. Well that is a generalization but what I mean is that sometimes it is used without thought. I guess it means different things to different people. Of course being the passionate beast that I am it means a lot to me. It is a powerful emotion that has taken me to my knees on more than one occassion.
Watching people in love is so revealing. It is like they are suddenly naked. And then there are people who think that they are in love. And there are those that think love means that you own a person.
I wonder who decided that love meant monogamy - or a one person for everyone mentality. It is kind of crazy when you think about it. Of course it is all built around the notion of children and family. It is a lot to expect from humanity. I guess that is why the divorce rate is so high.
The kind of love that never goes away is the love of a parent for their child. Maybe that is the only real pure love. Parents love their children no matter what. I can't think of another love that is as constant and never ending. Every other relationship has within it the possibility of failure - of and end point . hmmmmm.