Have yāall heard sandcastles by Beyonce⦠My God isnāt that song beautiful. It honestly is my current all time favourite. Beyonce being the QUEEN she is, is my ultimate favorite artist in the world. Thatās the one clichĆ© aspect of myself I donāt feel allergic to. She means a whole lot to me and explaining the impact of her importance to my life would honestly be an unfortunate waste of timeā¦cause I barely understand it myself on most daysā¦but that wasnāt where my line of thought was or is at this precise moment, no. It just so happened that I was listening to her song sandcastles and I came to the realization that Iāve not been in love with anyone for close to over five years.. Itās safe to say Iām still relatively young to be alarmed over the fact that Iāve not had my heart fall majorly head over heels over someone. Listening to the song sorta put me into the mindset of whether the love expressed in the song, through the lyrics could ever be existent in the ever constantly chaotic pattern I call life.
Not that it worries me if Iāll ever fall in love. I in my own twisted sense sorta still have hope of meeting someone who Iāll actually fully believe when they say they will stick around long enough to be by my side even despite my insistent need to push people away. This being said, I have felt what Iād call a resemblance of falling in love but I was highly naive then & probably sorta still are. I donāt think the naivety ever really leaves when one cares that deeply for anyone. Thatās why I truly do believe love makes one extremely stupid rather than weak. But again, what do I knowā¦
In the midst of the current chaos going on in my life, Iāve had to purposely chose to keep off from feeling anything remotely love related to anyone of the opposite sex. I honestly donāt think anyone should have to have my mental instabilities as anything burden like on their shoulders. A friend of mine suggested that I should have fucked the depression out of me by now but I was certain that wouldnāt have technically worked⦠Haha. Not that I have anything against the idea.
To be truly honest, when it comes to my mental battles, I have never really believed that a problem shared is a problem half solved.. This being the case in terms of bringing in a significant other (s/o) to my life. Itās tough enough that explaining the āworkingsā or ānon-workingsā of my mind to anyone whoās never experienced a similar battle is borderline impossible. Bringing anyone to an understanding that Iām not always ānormal ā is probably the hardest thing Iāve had to experience through out my journey with mental health. This inclusive of family & friends. Therefore, I see no need to antagonize myself by allowing myself to be emotionally vulnerable enough to bring in a s/o into my already complicated life. I donāt doubt that some of those who care enough would wanna stick around but for how long would they need to survive my turmoil before it gets the better of them⦠Itās not easy being on the other side, being the one having to show strength for a loved one who is in constant battles with their mind.
So for now, I think Iāve settled myself with the fact that love might not necessarily be in the picture for me in terms of having someone to share my burdens with. I just donāt have the capability to handle something as crucial as a relationship. At least not until I have a remote sense of stability that is constant & not wavering every so often. It sucks since I canāt help but wonder how itād feel to have someone by my side. I do wish I was selfish enough to want to have the kind of love that expresses itself through thick & thin but I donāt trust myself not to hurt whoever it is whoās willing to take such a big risk as to date me. Maybe in another time in my life when Iāll have a better hold of my battles but as for now, Iām content with it being just me and my battles.
Re: āā¦.. but as for now, Iām content with it being just me and my battles.ā And yet, you ended āSandcastlesā with Ron Hicksā painting āTake me awayā š
The pictures was symbolic, it didnāt mean anything personal to me ..i just thought it was beautiful.
Yes it is.
Re: āI donāt think the naivety ever really leavesā¦ā¦ā¦.ā True. I mean in a world (supposedly) reigned by what is called ālogicā.
What IS love? Is there a definition for it? Should there be one? Maybe it differs from person to person? Personally I donāt need a definition.
One day Lucitta (my late wife) asked me to do something I really hated to do. I mean, really HATED. Yes, absolutely HATED. Even the thought of it made me puke. Then one of my inner voices told me: āBut Roald, she would really love it if you would do it for her nonetheless. So fuck it, and just DO it.ā So I did. And I can tell you, it was great, it was phenomenal, put me on top of the world, and I never had felt so happy in my life.
Thank you for sharing that with me.. I donāt know what Iād define love as, I know I have felt it. I just donāt think itās fully expressible for me.. I do believe that it does differ from person to person. Take care of yourself.
Like I wrote on my FB page, your article about love made me think about it more deeply. As a result I found another painting I thought was representing love. I played a bit with it, added some text to it, and changed its background, so it would even more come close to how I understand love.