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The Spontaneity of Love
Have you ever tried to plan when you fall in love? Or given yourself a timeline on when you are going to meet someone and then that is going to be it, that is going to be the person that you are going to marry. Even though you have no idea who they are, you are just waiting for that certain time period because you believe that they are going to show up.
If you really think about it, there is no such thing as a good time. Think about breaking bad news to someone. If the other person is having a great time in life, everything is going well, then you don’t want to tell them the bad news since you don’t want to be the person who kills the good life streak. But if the other person is already going through a bad time, then giving them more bad news, you just feel bad for piling on.
So, no matter what, time sucks. We never seem to have enough of it, we are always asking for more of it, and it causes more inconveniences than anything else in our lives. And more importantly, we have zero control over the matter.
And time seems like such a complicated concept when it comes to relationships and falling in love.
I feel like there is some sort of common misconception and the desire that we are able to control our feelings, especially feelings of love. Love is something that develops naturally. It can be over a long period of time, or it…
