Thursday, 27 August 2009

  • Breaking a Rule in Finding Love

     

    It has been always a fact that our mind and heart do not agree with each other. No matter how many times you dictate to yourself to choose and whichever won over, the failed faculty will seem to give you a reason to hold back. For a reason that I do not know, I follow the intuitive aspect of my self when my heart and mind could not decide.

    It’s always like that with the things we work on in our daily lives. We work with our heads, work with our mind and work with our gut-feeling. Sometimes, the routine gets too depressing and overwhelming. We ended up feeling slumped in one corner watching our lives walk past us.

    That is one reason I always put things into perspective. I always give it a thought, a minute, a second, it doesn’t matter as long as it has been thought of. I, then rationalize things. But once in my life, I learned that sometimes I have to break a rule of living up a rule. Sometimes going out of our comfort zone is the best way we can put things into perspective how ironic it may seem, and the outcome is just too basic. If breaking that rule to get to something or achieve something failed, you get to learn something out of it anyway and from there you will know that the formula is not right. It may not be the formula, but the timing and other factors that you have put to test.

    Let’s take for example when it comes to getting in a relationship with somebody. If you are the kind of person who had his/her heart broken a lot of times, you’ll be the kind to be skeptical in trusting a what you think may be a potential partner. It’s different when the person is right there already but you know right then and there that he’s not your type, that you don’t even have to think about being with that person at all. Just by mere sound of it, you know it’s unimaginable. But when you come across somebody and that seeing that person for the first time, or talking to that person for the first time, you just can’t help but feel that he might be somebody you can get along with or somebody you will really like to know. If you had been wronged by a lover a lot of times in the past, you will then remind yourself how it still hurts and how afraid you are of falling back on your face again.

    So that’s where we get into breaking the rule we have for ourselves, just for one time, if you’ve been having trouble seeing somebody you like until you meet another, with that vicious cycle, you can’t just seem to get over it, why don’t you just don’t think about it and let it go? Get your butt out and explore the possibilities. If it’s going to fail, then let it be. If you will not be happy in awhile with that spur-of-moment glimpse of romance, then take a step back make an honest exit. You’ll learn in the process that you’re still in pursuit of love, and even if you haven’t fallen in love at least you know, love is not just something that you can hurry and you can feel with just anybody. That alone will give you that feeling that you are still human. You have a heart but it’s not just something that you can give away to every guy/girl you meet in any place, in any time.

    Just a warning, some way or another you are going to break a heart in the process, or your heart will be broken in the process. You will be tagged as a promiscuous bitch or a jilted ass, or you’ll be frustrated again. There will always be a consequence, that’s a fact. As long as you don’t see everything as a game, you’re clean. If it was a loss for you, as long as you don’t end up sour-graping, you’re clean and still didn’t lose your head.

Comments (21)

  • adventist_pathfinder@xanga

    I had sworn off dating, then somebody came along and was interested.. I was gonna stick to my rule but then I realized -

    Why not?

  • Coffee_Kaioken@xanga

    We discussed something like that in art therapy - pay attention to how a person draws their neck in their self-portraits. The only way to separate your mind from your heart, or vice versa, is to slice right through your neck - it ain't gonna happen. 

    It's only our nature to get dirty every now and then. And even if we clean back up, there are other "dirties" out there that make it hard to stay that way. 


    There are also these set rules constantly written by "dating gurus" or "advisors" about how to play hard to get, wait three days before calling, be mysterious, elusive, be cold, etc. etc. - I think from inside us, we have our own individual rules about the type of person we want to be when going out and looking for a mate. But because we are told to fight those rules, we often end up frustrated and unsatisfied. 
    There shouldn't BE any rules in the first place. And for some, there already aren't any. 
    But the rest are still trying to free themselves. 
  • xXCrystal_RaindropsXx@xanga

    after i broke up with my ex, i swore i wont date someone who i kno only for 2 weeks.. i have to get to kno the person properly and not fall for sweet talkers hard and fast.. so far so good, no one came along. and hopefully it stays this way.

  • nodnarbassoon@xanga

    Good post!  I definitely agree.  Sometimes you just have to take a chance... and if you fail, then not let it get too hard emotionally.  This is actually what happened with my last relationship.  I knew it wasn't the greatest idea, but I wanted to see where it could go.  It did end up failing, but I learned from it.

  • depp_and_meaningful@xanga

    Yeah. Take chances. Haha. And it does put into perspective about what you really want in life. Sometimes you also end to return to what you had when you realized that your current isn't all that great. Love and the pursuit is trial and error

  • SpazzyFantastic@xanga
  • kieri126@xanga

    every step you take, whether it resulted in a good or bad experience, gave you an experience. Thats life...dont have regrets, take chances and live LIFE because every mistake happens for a reason. Its to learn....and going through life learning is what God intended.


    life is an experience so go out and experience it!

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  • Sickness_Mimi@xanga

    Thats one hot cartoon...

  • Stalinn@xanga

    That was interesting.

  • snapeful@xanga

    omg an intelligent post...!!

    but yes, i agree with you. taking risks is what life is about. "should i invest in that stock? it might plunge tomorrow.." "should i take this class for the semester, despite what my friends have said about the professor?" "should i go out with this person, even though i only recently got out of a relationship and didn't want to date for a year at the least?"

    I actually am contemplating whether or not I should break up my current, but relatively new, relationship after getting out of a serious, one year relationship. However, I realize that, well, hell, maybe I should give it a try and not do what I did wrong in my old one. I hope it works out. :)

  • TheScaleDiaries@xanga

    lol I made a New Year's resolution that I wouldn't search for a relationship or be the one to start it. At the end of January that same year (2005) I met the man of my dreams and after becoming friends and a few dates (and heavy make out sessions haha) he made it serious/exclusive in July :) We've been together ever since. And he wasn't the typical guy I'd go after either (mainly it was that he was kind of shy and was part of a fraternity, I was NOT into frat boys at all) but over time I found out how fun and intelligent he is and how right he is for me. I had my doubts at first, but this voice kept saying, "don't discount this one." I'm glad I listened.
    I believe it is destiny, since I did take that risk and just let love happen and also opened myself up to a different kind of person. I'd been looking in the wrong places the whole time so I totally agree; sometimes just being open and taking risks can be the best decision you ever make.

  • jasonwl@xanga

    Just grow with your relationships one by one, until one bears the fruit that nourishes you both, stick with that one for life because you know it will work.  It works better and with much less stress if you practice abstinence until you find that last one.

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  • discover_hienie@xanga

    hmm my friend and i were just talking about this yesterday about i shouldn't give out my whole heart to a guy bc he might end up breaking it.. very true.. not unless he gives me his whole heart too.. sometimes it's very hard to deal with.. yes, who knows really?

  • blowme_raspberries@xanga

    i *like* this post (:


    i have a terrible phobia of letting myself fall in love again but this post made me rethink. 'hey why not?'


    thanks(:

  • cherrey_wl@xanga

    @nodnarbassoon@xanga - thanks for reading.. yeah, sometimes it's great that we shouldn't think much about how it failed but how we can apply what we learn to the next relationship.. of course we probably won't be looking forward that much about the next one but when the time is right, dig in to the learnings you've had in the past and apply it..

  • cherrey_wl@xanga
  • cherrey_wl@xanga

    @kieri126@xanga - exactly.. thanks for reading and commenting

  • cherrey_wl@xanga

    @snapeful@xanga - hi..thanks a lot.. yes, it's pretty much about taking risks and venturing to the what would've been.. it's not always a smart thing to do in the end, but it may also be the best decision we can have

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