Hi there, everyone, and welcome to yet another posting on my blog here. Today, I will talk about an area of my views on a subject of which some of you may very well be familiar.

Love.

Yes, love.

In my opinion, most people are blinded by the love that they feel. Love, by its nature, is an illogical thing. You cannot apply that manner of illogical emotion to a logical situation, such as one I am currently in; but that situation is not important to this view. One who is bewitched by love is usually overcome by the splendor of it, that they experience, and the individuals typically believe that it will never end.

So full of optimism, while in the snares of euphoria, they attempt to reason that they will never lose that fire. They sometimes try to apply the happiness and joy they have attained to the possibilities of others; but not everyone is equal in chances or possibilities; and not everything is the same for everyone. There are some individuals out there in such a dreadful situation so far away from such aforementioned things that they do not exist.

Moreover, some of these bewitched individuals, o’ so stricken by the love bug, seem to cancel out the importance of all other, whether friends or otherwise, seeming to care only for each other. When it comes to each other, the couple will throw all trace of logic and reason out the window, even to the point of sinking into the jaws of bias and prejudice, and will act all manners of unfair in order to defend, or retort for, their lover. This is what I refer as ‘blind love’, or lovers’ prejudice; it is a particularly nasty and self-centered thing, which I, personally, find to be disgusting, actually, for lack of a better word that could describe my thoughts toward such.

I have nothing against other people loving one another, but there comes a point when some line must be drawn. Because you love a person with all your heart, does that mean you can dismiss the feelings of others, and the relationships you have with them? Does being in love mean that you are permitted to do whatever you please, so long as it is for what you perceive as in the best interests of your lover? Are you free to place unfair judgment and blame on the shoulders of others, exercising bias and prejudice, acting as if you are the embodiment of Judge, Jury, and Executioner, all in one, just because you think that a person might have done something lewd or offensive to your lover?

To all of these questions, I say no. It is not right to do any of these things, especially if you have no proof or basis for such things other than a personal feeling and belief, which is already riddled with personal bias by means of the relationship, feelings, and love you have for the one you are supposedly defending.

To conclude, one more fact I have gathered from personal observation must be added; the majority of these so-called perfect and unending relationships, as fervent and passionate as once they may very well have been, have all ended in complete and utter failure.

A fleeting thought.

Time. How does the flow of Time affect us? Does its passage trouble us? Do we welcome it as it comes and goes? Do we heed it no mind as it leaves all things a mere husk of what they once were, changed, gone, old? The entire span of a year passes in the blink of an eye. Years go by, and we become old and disabled. From my perspective, before you know it, you are fifty, just when you counted yourself twenty. We cannot defeat Time. It always seems to have us by the balls.



I invite you all to contemplate deeply, the ways in which Time affects you, and how it does so.

That's right. Everything has a beginning, and everything has an end. Let's just hope this is the beginning and not the end, right?

The subject for today’s musing is my thoughts on what true friendship is.

The true measure of a friend, I believe, is whether they will be there for you when you need them; and if they will stand by your side and defend you when you need them the most. When you are being cast out by unfair judgment, bias, and ridicule, a friend should present a defense on your side in their utmost, honest opinion of you, without prejudice. Cower not before the discriminating gaze of authority. Fall to your knees not in fear of punishment that may be to come if you speak your mind in defense of a friend. If you truly care for and about your friend, do not remain in silence; lend a helping hand, or voice, to the banter befalling them. Show them that you care and that you value them by doing what is right.

I truly do believe that this is a value often undermined in this day and age. Too few a people let one another know that they honestly do love their existence. I find it very sad and discomforting. Sometimes, a single word, no matter how meaningless it may seem, can mean so very much. “I love you,” or,” you are important to me,” or, “I trust you and value our friendship; you are a wonderful person”. One word, even if a person is extremely self-loathing, has no sense of self, and just hates their being, can mean the world. We like compliments, even if we do not like ourselves. Yet, people have become so callous in their speech and in relationships. I think feelings should be expressed lest the person leave this world before we get the chance to do so.

In other events, I was scared out of my wits today. I really thought that someone as close to my heart as a person can get was going to fall victim to Death’s restless hand. It was frightening, but it turned out to be helpable. I am not crossing my fingers, though. Things always tend to come back and bite me in the rear end when I think that they are all right.

Ah well.

Some good news, for once, is that work is finally coming along at a more efficient pace. Hahaha, but I am not crossing fingers on that one, either. Well, at least something was done in the last week.

AOBD, signing off~