LOVE NEVER DIES A NATURAL DEATH ITS US!!!!
Have you ever wondered what makes the world go ‘ round’? i know you think am asking a stupid question. However, it is stupid enough for one to ponder on and come to realize what am about to share with you. To begin with, am not here to share with you some sort of science fiction, nor some deep scientific explanations based on the structure of the world and its composition. I want to narrow down to humanity.
The greatest drive in the world and that keeps world cohesive, is human relations, and when human relation is mentioned, automatically comes in what bonds them together and that is LOVE. This happens to be one of the most talked about topics and it will continue to be a thrilling one even thousands of years to come, why? its because million years back it still existed and to state it clearly nobody seemed to have understood it 100% instead may be only 5% and this makes it more and more interesting.
I personally, and not to take these opportunity to brag, have tried and delved deep in these topic and have come across different arguments and reasoning from different people, talk of the wise, philosophers,theologians, love gurus, psychologists and above all the Bible.Each has its view about the same but all have the one thing in common that, love is felt, experienced and always last longer than food does.
Love in its simplicity moves beyond deep friendship and goes beyond mutual sharing of common feelings.It moves far much beyond that skip of a heart beat at the first sight, that chill of the spine at a tender touch, that fondling of two lovers or even the soul mates,that vulnerability of the heart.Though all are signs of existence of love, they are simply not good enough.
There is no clear definition of love and particularly when one can actually say that they have experienced love or are in love, but one thing is clear is that when you experience it, ya’ll feel it trust me…all of us at some time have had a taste of what it is even though we did not give it a second thought. There was that outstanding feature that strongly came out, that rendered it special in its own kind.That one person that really turned your life around,that no matter how hard-heart you are they really got you admit that they touched your heart.Their life was part of your concern no matter how indifferent you are,but the differences that you did possess lay the field for the strong compassionate relationship to thrive upon.You shared deep secrets without knowing that you were opening your heart,you felt vulnerable but that was your least of your concern, all that really mattered to you was knowing that, all along they experienced it together with you.You were intertwined, you were in sync and the time you shared together was a great treasure. And though they might have dented your ego, they awakened that dark part of you, that you hardly knew you possessed it.
No matter the cruelty of distance that at times separated you, you remained together in deep union like a secret only known by two who are willing not to let the cat out of the bag.They remained part of your life and that thought propelled every action in your life, it was the epicenter of everything.
At my age, i have been privileged to see that and probably had a clue of how it is like. I have observed it happen and have made me not to give up on love and like they say, ‘ it is better to have loved and lost, than to never love at all’. It is in these light that i delight in the fairy tale of love.Though i can’t retrieve it from some store, or i didn’t catch it( just like the wind) i felt it and witnessed it from my late granny and grandpa.
I come from a culture that don’t pay much attention to public display of affection(P..D.A), rather it remains to the parties involved so to say. You will agree with me that however hard you may try to hide it (love), sooner than you may think the ‘smoke of love’ is out there up in the skies and everyone can tell of it.They ( my late granny and grandpa) married early enough to build a happy family, that was like 70 years back. They were blessed with eight daughters where mum is among the eight and is fifth. Unfortunately, their father( my grandpa) was captured by the colonial powers and were taken to Burma as slaves for the colonial masters in the second world war II. Luckily enough ,my grandpa was their driver and that he toured a lot with them. The detachment with the family prescribed for their mother (my granny) to take both roles (being the father and the mother) with the hope that they would be re-united again at an unknown time.The deep love they shared gave them the reason to yearn to see tomorrow and though the distance separated them, they were together deep in spirits and that was enough even though no communication.
Later after so many years he was(grandpa) lucky to be among the few Africans to be ferried back and he re-united back with his family. You can imagine the great joy that there was.
I liked to ask him of his experience in the second world war II and we would occasionally hold talks on very many things that life entails. One thing for sure was his inarguable wisdom, his well arranged thoughts and the choice of words. Unfortunately the cruel hands of death took him from us after a short ailment from cancer. Just after his death, i went to stay with ma granny for a while, one thing was so eminent was how she missed the husband in fact, at some day as we talked she told and i quote ” Martin if i had the ability to get him wherever he is, i would go get him” she was in her early 80′s and that is when i realized the magic of love that they shared, it was deep-rooted such that she couldn’t stand it, unfortunately she also passed on through a grisly road accident.Their life was a life that clearly and utterly demonstrated the power of love.
That is why i say in my own opinion- that love is just like a person who have suffered an injury, however hard you may try to act fine, the wound and the trickling of blood can be seen by everyone, but it remains that you are the one suffering and though we others might try to sympathize with you, we can’t change the situation,not until you get to attend to it………..!!!!!!!!11
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