Falling in love...
Ever wondered why it is falling in love, not ascending or rising.
Why the negative connotation?
For, in most culture, down is bad/evil, down is where hell, Ghenna or the Land of the dead is. As opposed to up where God, heaven and goodness is…
And this negative connotation taints most languages, to my knowledge it is the same in French ( tomber amoureux ) and Arabic, even though love in most religions is considered sacred or divine…
I have a feeling that this negative connotation stems more from irrational passion connotation's than that of love per say. Maybe it is more about the irrational process of getting in love than love itself…
This negative connotation almost makes the act a sin. Falling in love, falling into sin, into evil ways…
You might say it is a minor detail with no importance. But it is these details that define our language and consequently our reality, our life and how we live it…
I would have said ascending into love….
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I say it is because when you love a person, you become controled by your own emotions, and no matter how much you try using your head, you're doomed concerning this matter.
it is also because of Majnoun Layla, Romeo and their counterparts: in all cases, the general conception is "in the end, love either kills you or makes you crazy."
but how sweet it is to love, and love again.
welcome to the blogosphere, by the way :)
Eve I would like to thank you twice.
Once for your welcome and another for your comment.
Love and irrational passion. I think the issue is do you differentiate between them.
And I believe Majnoun Leila and Romeo would vehemently refuse to give Love such a bad connotation,
Even though they suffered greatly from their Love. At the end both would have told you Love was, is and will always be worth it...
And here I can but remember a quote that goes something like that: I prefer to have loved and lost, than never have loved at all…
waynak, stopped already?
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