Age 15
" Hey, wait and watch. She'l look at me now." Seconds later, after the anticipated incident occured, "See, didnt I tell you? She likes me a lot. I know, I am in love" (Duet and rain).
Age 17
" Swetha, I must tell you this. Past 4 days, I have been very restless. I couldnt eat, sleep. Its been only your thoughts and an Rahman song as the BGM. I think I love you."
Age 22
" Women are passing clouds man. They come, they rain, and they go. So you either choose to get wet each time or hold an umbrella."
Age 24
" Date a lot dude. Why would you want to waste all this virility and youthfullness pursuing one woman? You know how badly your last gf ditched you! Girls are always like this. Never trust them"
Age 29
" I am getting married. Its too late to believe in love. Its high time I have a family. Most of my friends are already dads. And, what am I doing? Waiting for my princess? Its all bullshit. Next week I am going to see a possible alliance. Heard the girls family is rich. This will work out".
Age 52
" I choose to love your mom. Love is in tolerance. In unconditional acceptance. Marriage to me has been an balancing act. A balance between what you have and what you want. We may have our differences, but at the end of the day, shes the woman I love and want to be with".
Age 76
" Your grandpa was a gentleman. Everything about him had a sense of grandeur and style. His silence, his assertivenss, the way he made the crucial decisions. He think, deciedes and acts. Very occasionally have I been able to affect his decisions. But then, I was taken care of well. What we are today as a family is due to him. He lived for all of us.
Even yesterday, in my dreams I felt him talking to me. After 19 years of out seperation, I still miss him".
Epilogue
Romantic love is an experience...if we stay observant of it, we'd be surprised to note how it evolves in its nature and purpose as we live our days. It has myriad definitions to it; defined by men and women who have loved, lived and shared the bliss and sorrow. Its not a equation that can be discerned with rationality. It is an emotion that has to be experienced first hand.
So,
"Eat, pray and love"
" Hey, wait and watch. She'l look at me now." Seconds later, after the anticipated incident occured, "See, didnt I tell you? She likes me a lot. I know, I am in love" (Duet and rain).
Age 17
" Swetha, I must tell you this. Past 4 days, I have been very restless. I couldnt eat, sleep. Its been only your thoughts and an Rahman song as the BGM. I think I love you."
Age 22
" Women are passing clouds man. They come, they rain, and they go. So you either choose to get wet each time or hold an umbrella."
Age 24
" Date a lot dude. Why would you want to waste all this virility and youthfullness pursuing one woman? You know how badly your last gf ditched you! Girls are always like this. Never trust them"
Age 29
" I am getting married. Its too late to believe in love. Its high time I have a family. Most of my friends are already dads. And, what am I doing? Waiting for my princess? Its all bullshit. Next week I am going to see a possible alliance. Heard the girls family is rich. This will work out".
Age 52
" I choose to love your mom. Love is in tolerance. In unconditional acceptance. Marriage to me has been an balancing act. A balance between what you have and what you want. We may have our differences, but at the end of the day, shes the woman I love and want to be with".
Age 76
" Your grandpa was a gentleman. Everything about him had a sense of grandeur and style. His silence, his assertivenss, the way he made the crucial decisions. He think, deciedes and acts. Very occasionally have I been able to affect his decisions. But then, I was taken care of well. What we are today as a family is due to him. He lived for all of us.
Even yesterday, in my dreams I felt him talking to me. After 19 years of out seperation, I still miss him".
Epilogue
Romantic love is an experience...if we stay observant of it, we'd be surprised to note how it evolves in its nature and purpose as we live our days. It has myriad definitions to it; defined by men and women who have loved, lived and shared the bliss and sorrow. Its not a equation that can be discerned with rationality. It is an emotion that has to be experienced first hand.
So,
"Eat, pray and love"
