The Greatest Test Of Life
Amar Bahadur Shrestha
September 30, 2008
How sweet is the word and it makes me sometimes wonder how it was coined in the first place. Or is it because we have been so accustomed to identify it with the sweetest of relationship that we find the word so apt?
Whatever the case may be, love is in the words of all romantics, as rejuvenating a feeling as a dip in icy waters at dawn. Love breaks all resistance, so they say. And love improves all things bad is what is universally believed.
Yes love is a belief. Yes love is a balm. And yes love is all that the romantics say. But in our hearts and in our minds, love is more often than not, a response.
A response to our individual desire for sustaining our barren emotions in times of sorrow. A response to our craving for our individual acceptance in time that are normal. And a response to our question of our own standing among the human race, leading one to believe in oneself all the more and making life a colorful tapestry of our joy.
If love is all this and more, then why do we mortals still burn in despair at not finding true love? Should not love be the greatest thing we should all strive for?
Why do we still mourn our fates in not getting this golden key to paradise? Is it really our fates that dictate who should be blessed with the gift of love and who shouldn´t? These are questions which all have to answer.
And the answers are not what one would normally want to get. The answers are not what one would expect. The answers can be damning. And they can be self- inflicting wounds on those that dare to question. You have been so used to the expected answers but rest assured that I am correct in saying that they are all the wrong ones.
Now refresh your mind and hear what I say. Prepare yourself for an awakening. A rude awakening if you please. And I will not apologize. All I can do is prepare you.
The reason why true love is out of many´s reach is simply because they are the damned. Damned in this life at least. And the damning is not due to any heavenly body´s powers, it is due to only their own lack of courage.
Cowards all those who lose. Cowards all those who damn themselves and burn in the pyres of life. For as long as they live and until the moment they die. No matter how much wealth you have acquired, no matter how much charity you have given and no matter how much success you have tasted, you are a failed human if you have not tasted the sweet sensation called love.
It is cowardice that has prevented you from accepting in your heart that you have fallen in love from the moment when you are deadly sure. Cowardice prevents you from exploring the limits of your feelings, and excuses come in all shapes and sizes to make you think a lot when actually what you should have been doing was to feel with your heart.
For those who crib and complain of fate´s or Cupid´s ignorance, all I can say is that you have wished death on yourself. True love is noticed once in a life- time, and when it does, one has to grab the opportunity lest it slip from your hand forever.
Love does come unbidden and love comes unannounced. Love comes in deliberate ways and one should be human enough to welcome it. But what does happen is that the welcome is shallow and full of pretense, hiding itself behind a coward´s mantle and with excuses galore.
Lost love is what will follow in the words of the damned. And they seek consolation in the belief, their own belief, that they have been given a raw deal by life. Oh yes, they begin to feel the proper martyr, never realizing that their chance has gone forever.
A chance of a life time literally. Never again will they walk the path of roses and emotional attainment the brave do. They have failed in the greatest test of life. A human life.
Therefore all who listen, and all who wish to be human, let not your cowardice damn you forever. Lose not that which is the most valuable gift of life for the sake of your own lack of courage.
Love comes in deliberate ways and when it does, let your heart take reign. Listen to your heart and keep your mind at bay. Do not hide behind superficial and hypocritical excuses that you make to yourself. Love once lost cannot be regained in a life- time.
Precious is this love and brave should be your attitude. No need to analyze and no need to brainstorm such a feeling. All you must do is to face the fact and the reality and bring courage to your actions.
But no matter what, don´t let it pass you by. Leaving you in the cold and that too forever.
Whatever the case may be, love is in the words of all romantics, as rejuvenating a feeling as a dip in icy waters at dawn. Love breaks all resistance, so they say. And love improves all things bad is what is universally believed.
Yes love is a belief. Yes love is a balm. And yes love is all that the romantics say. But in our hearts and in our minds, love is more often than not, a response.
A response to our individual desire for sustaining our barren emotions in times of sorrow. A response to our craving for our individual acceptance in time that are normal. And a response to our question of our own standing among the human race, leading one to believe in oneself all the more and making life a colorful tapestry of our joy.
If love is all this and more, then why do we mortals still burn in despair at not finding true love? Should not love be the greatest thing we should all strive for?
Why do we still mourn our fates in not getting this golden key to paradise? Is it really our fates that dictate who should be blessed with the gift of love and who shouldn´t? These are questions which all have to answer.
And the answers are not what one would normally want to get. The answers are not what one would expect. The answers can be damning. And they can be self- inflicting wounds on those that dare to question. You have been so used to the expected answers but rest assured that I am correct in saying that they are all the wrong ones.
Now refresh your mind and hear what I say. Prepare yourself for an awakening. A rude awakening if you please. And I will not apologize. All I can do is prepare you.
The reason why true love is out of many´s reach is simply because they are the damned. Damned in this life at least. And the damning is not due to any heavenly body´s powers, it is due to only their own lack of courage.
Cowards all those who lose. Cowards all those who damn themselves and burn in the pyres of life. For as long as they live and until the moment they die. No matter how much wealth you have acquired, no matter how much charity you have given and no matter how much success you have tasted, you are a failed human if you have not tasted the sweet sensation called love.
It is cowardice that has prevented you from accepting in your heart that you have fallen in love from the moment when you are deadly sure. Cowardice prevents you from exploring the limits of your feelings, and excuses come in all shapes and sizes to make you think a lot when actually what you should have been doing was to feel with your heart.
For those who crib and complain of fate´s or Cupid´s ignorance, all I can say is that you have wished death on yourself. True love is noticed once in a life- time, and when it does, one has to grab the opportunity lest it slip from your hand forever.
Love does come unbidden and love comes unannounced. Love comes in deliberate ways and one should be human enough to welcome it. But what does happen is that the welcome is shallow and full of pretense, hiding itself behind a coward´s mantle and with excuses galore.
Lost love is what will follow in the words of the damned. And they seek consolation in the belief, their own belief, that they have been given a raw deal by life. Oh yes, they begin to feel the proper martyr, never realizing that their chance has gone forever.
A chance of a life time literally. Never again will they walk the path of roses and emotional attainment the brave do. They have failed in the greatest test of life. A human life.
Therefore all who listen, and all who wish to be human, let not your cowardice damn you forever. Lose not that which is the most valuable gift of life for the sake of your own lack of courage.
Love comes in deliberate ways and when it does, let your heart take reign. Listen to your heart and keep your mind at bay. Do not hide behind superficial and hypocritical excuses that you make to yourself. Love once lost cannot be regained in a life- time.
Precious is this love and brave should be your attitude. No need to analyze and no need to brainstorm such a feeling. All you must do is to face the fact and the reality and bring courage to your actions.
But no matter what, don´t let it pass you by. Leaving you in the cold and that too forever.
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