Happy Valentines Day

Love is an elixir of life and transcends beyond all boundaries. When we are in love, we are ready to go to any extremes to ensure a smile on the beautiful face of our partner. Love is the wilful intent to serve the well being of another (your partner). And as SRK puts it, love knows no conditions. Love is all about giving.

But at the same time, love is successful and one is happy only when one gets love in return. At this stage, I recall SRKs dialogue from Mohabbatein when he says, "pyaar mein koi shartein nahin hoti. Ye zaroori nahin ki jisse main pyaar karun, wo bhi mujhse pyaar karein." But I feel this is a complete idealistic scenario and in real life whenever we find love, the feeling has to flows in both the directions. Mark Twain sums it all, " Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired".

When human civilization started billions of years ago, the first entity to love us was our nature, our environment, our planet earth. And this love has been so strong that it has sustained its feelings over a period of all these years. It knows no boundaries and is beyond sex, religion, region, caste and all other factors which divide the humanity today. This feeling comes straight out of SRK's romantic films which make one-sided love immortal. The love exhibited by our planet towards humans knows no conditions and expects absolutely nothing in return. And as ideal as it may sound, it is also immune to the human actions. Our beloved earth provides us with unconditional access to all the resources required for our survival and also protects us from all bad things happening in our universe. It goes out to all extreme to ensure that its lover (we humans) are always happy and content with their life.

But as expressed earlier, we are now living in practical times. Unlike so many things that have transformed all around us, love also has undergone a sea change. A certain element of expectation has crept into the feeling of love. Complete harmony, peace and happiness can only happen when we get love in return of our love. The earth expects humans to love it back. But the reality is that the earth is not getting back what it desires. The rising temperatures, more floods and droughts, increasing cases of cyclones and hurricanes are just some ways of letting the humans know that their darling is angry. If our lover is annoyed with us, it is extremely critical for the other partner to pacify the lover and win the love back. For if it does not happen, a break-up or a divorce can have even catastrophic impacts in our lives. I cannot wait for a break-up and thereby ruin my life. I am off to find ways to win back my lover. As for you, you can make your own choices.