In the short story Happy Endings, there are 6 stories with only the first one ending in a happy manner. The first one ends with the couple growing old and just dying from what it implies. The other stories of A and B ruin the happy endings in the beginning of them by stating the wrong ways in which John and Mary fall in love. What kind of love is there when one person doesn't fall in with the other? In story B it implies that Mary may not be happy with who she is. Why does she have to put on makeup to look good for her own husband? No one can force someone to love them. Or you cannot marry someone because you feel sorry for them. Forced love is never the way to go. Love that happens naturally results in the full effect of it. Both people put in efforts to make it happen. One sided love is not healthy. The emotional atmosphere would be unstable.
There are going to be trials in any relationships especially friendships. Friendship trials are typically ones that we fall into and deal with first. In a way, you can look at friendships as practice for an intimate relationship in the future. You don't have to worry about what you look like around your friends because they like you for who you are. Trials lead to growth in any relationship depending on how they are handled. It needs to be a double-sided effort once again. Happily ever afters can always happen if you want them too. As a Christian, if you always keep God in the center of everything, you will be successful in whatever you do. The Bible shows us the path of righteousness. As long as we keep seeking after what is right and what is God, then a happy ending should always be successful.
I LOVED how you approached love and said "fall in with the other," moving my mind to imagine love as a literal hole which one can fall down. It's as though, when you are going with just the right person, you are able to capitalize on the euphoric feeling of being in constant downfall. What a rush! =~)
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