A fool in love

Hi friends,

There are many solid truths in this world. The sky is blue. Commercials are annoying, and everyone loves Love. If we don't love love itself, we certainly love the idea of love. The thought of the breath-taking princess atop the stairs or the handsome prince on a white steed. The notion of being carried away by romantic passion is one of the most common storylines of today's film and literature. It feels good to be swept up in a rush of love, to be knocked off your feet by total and utter euphoria. Flowers smell sweeter. Food tastes better. Our walks somehow morph into a skip-like spring. Life is different.

Now, I hate to get all scientific and psychological on you, but those kind of reactions to a new relationship are the result of many chemical processes deep within the brain and those very reactions have a profound impact on other aspects of our lives. In fact love, much like other primary emotions (fear, anger..etc) can easily overwhelm us and cloud our judgment. How many times in my life have I done something completely irrational and impulsive on account of "love"? How many times in my life have I said something ridiculously absurd and then said it was the "love" talking? The answer to both questions is FAR to many. I think the key to knowing when this love we speak of so often is the real thing... is when we fall in love, but keep our smarts. Granted, there should always be some element of romantic tom-foolery; some sort of inane behavior done in the name of love... but this behavior should never compromise our good judgment.

Anyway, I'm not sure what made me think of that. I'm not currently a fool in love and I don't really have any friends at this current time that are foolishly loving anyone. I guess I just thought of it and wanted to write it down. Sue me :)

As for now... I think I will retire to my bedroom and get some much needed rest. It has been a busy week! In the last seven days I've been involved in 2 weddings, done 4 loads of laundry, put in 4 eight hour days at work AND applied to 3 part-time jobs. Needless to say, I'm tired.

Sleep is good,
tempa