On Love - Part I

The day I first lost in love I promised myself I will never fall in love again ........ unfortunately as some great writer said it at some point of time, "the heart has it's own reasons that reason knows not" and therein lies the sad part ........ over time my heart kept loving and losing and losing with such alarming frequency that very soon the tales of my losses started equalling the stories of the Old Testament and my defeats were in danger of taking over from Zimbabwe and Bangladesh, the title of being the most easily thrashed team and still I kept indulging in it with the same gusto that makes a gambler gamble away his life at the turn of a dice and a loser laugh away his pain at the wheel of fortune.

And so it continues ........ a saga of pain written with tears, blood and pain ........ the players in the game may change but the pain remains the same ........ the victim remains the same, the loser remains the same ........

Not that I regret loving ........ how can I? Everyone I loved carries with herself a little part of heart for ever and ever ........ it's possible that we both may not have loved each other in the same way and to the same extent but then who really cares?

Love is not a contract signed under Indian Contract Act, 1872 that every Offer should have an Acceptance; that the Object and the Consideration should be lawful and that the other party has a duty to fulfil her obligations ........ Love is something beyond that ........ it's something that only gives and never takes; only sacrifices and never asks ........

In any love story, there is always a born disparity ........no two loves can ever love each other with the same intensity........ there will be always be one who loves more (lover) and there will always be one who loves less (beloved) and sadly it's the way of the world that the one who loves less will control the dynamics of the love since the one who loves more will always be forced to accept terms and conditions that the other heaps on him / her

So ........ what should be done? Should one refuse to love? Should one reject love?

However much you wish to, you will never be able to do that ........ love will always find a way to enter your heart, make it's place in your heart and then break your heart!