Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Life and Love

I was avoiding the bandwagon because it seemed everyone had jumped on it and there was no space left. But alas, here is yet another story using the deceased king of pop to score points with fellow bandwagonists. Fun and joke aside, it is not the story of Michael Jackson, nor is it yet another sensationalised ending to a less than happy life, it is just an observation of deeply we seem to mourn those whom we never bothered to show love while they were alive.

It's easier to grieve openly over the loss of a loved one than to spend the time to cultivate that relationship and allow yourself to be used to bless that person's life and vice versa. After all, who is up for the self analysis, selflessness and growth it takes to reach out and touch other people's lives?

What is love anyway? How many of us who we claim to love are we really guilty of loving?

1 comments:

Azikiwe said...

k. i have pondered this before & I think this anomaly "..of how deeply we seem to mourn those whom we never bothered to show love while they were alive..."
is a behaviour we display "to make up" for the lost times we should have express love to this person but somehow I never seem to identify with this behaviour cause it always seem like "fake empathy"...i honestly don't express emotion to certain members of my family because i never felt comfortable around them- you think I should "mourn" when they die ?

 
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