Love | The unseen side

Is love and greed are different? Or are those the same just in different forms? Does true love exist? Humans made it their mission to seek answers for these questions from the beginning of time and are still continuing in vain. Below are my views, my thoughts on this matter.

Once there was a man, who was blinded by the love he had towards his gem collection. There was nothing in the world that was dearer to him than his gems. All he cared about was his gems and his sole purpose of living remained in those gems. He would fight with his life to protect those gems and would die of grief if the stones were ever to be stolen, because then his only purpose of life will cease to exist.

If we are to compare this greedy man with true lovers who are nothing new to the romantic movies and books, one can say that the both parties posses similar properties. As the gems to the greedy person, the true lover has nothing dearer to him other than his/her partner. All he cares about is his/her partner and he/she is the sole purpose of the lover’s life. He/she would also give his life for his/her partner in a similar way the greedy person would give his life to save the gems. Without the partner, the true lover will also die or live as a zombie just as the greedy person who lost his gems. Considering these arguments, one can claim that love is but another form of greed.

If one, inspects the tale of Romeo and Juliet (the most critically acclaimed romance of all time – or so it is told -) carefully he can see that there is nothing but just an idiotic duo – Romeo n Juliet – taking their lives in the name of love. Romeo killed himself thinking that Juliet had died but when Juliet arose from her so-called death, she finds Romeo dead and she too kills herself. None of them thought that their partner would have desired to see the other to live not die. But the truth is that neither wanted to live while the other died. Neither of them wanted have the burden of losing the other. They only wanted to spare themselves of the suffering and the pain that was left by the other. Since it is easier to avoid the pain and the suffering as it is rather than facing them strongly, they took the easy way out. However, in the process of making that decision, they never thought about the suffering they would bring upon their parents and all their loved ones. They never thought about the consequences of their actions, but thought of themselves only. The story to me only narrates a tale of a cowardly, selfish and utterly ignorant duo (which is most likely the same case with the other romances) who makes all the wrong choices that one could make.

During my short span of life this is what I have understood, we pursuit momentary pleasure obsessed by greed, lying and trying to convince ourselves that it is love. This is my perception of love.