Juneflower - Love – myths and realities

All of us crave for love - “Unconditional love”. But does love with strings attached even qualify to be called that in the first place? Love by essence spells selflessness, empathy and sensitivity. It is but a tacit promise to give for no reason, with no demands for a return favour. According me all love is unconditional; otherwise it is just another transitory mortal feeling.

I am reminded of another concept here called “Unidirectional love”. Whatever is the meaning of this? You say you love somebody but you cannot express your emotions to him or her by words or deeds. Can love stay locked up in the heart or does it need to be expressed? If you cannot show what you feel, it does imply that you are suppressing outlets of positive energy and such bottled up emotions can in fact be detrimental to you. Love needs to be nurtured and in turn should help you grow. So if you love and if it is reciprocated, only then subsist. Otherwise take the relationship onto a different plane or level – so that both the stakeholders can contribute equally, albeit in different roles, and one does not fester at the cost of the other. All love better be bidirectional. But then some great man has said “It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all”. If two people are truly in love, that love will never vanish. Destiny does mean tricks and those salad days may not culminate in wedlock. But then love has no attachments. It is beyond all worldly ceremonies. Oh yes, if you have never loved at all then you are playing safe. But then you have also lost out on a whole lot of things – ask the lovers, they will tell you!