Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Unrequited Love
Is there any pain like heartache? I'm not sure. I think it's easier to be lonely than heartbroken. A lonely heart doesn't feel the pain of former memories. It doesn't feel betrayed, it doesn't recollect the past, and liken it to a cancer which prevents one from moving forward; almost wishing it never met the object of anguish to begin with. When considering loneliness, we generally mean lacking companionship or perhaps being separated from others. However, the difference between heartache and loneliness is emotional agony. Perhaps, one can be lonely and okay; but never heartbroken, without the cognitive affliction of mental anguish. Anyway..... it's my opinion.
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"Is there any pain like heartache" hmmm well each pain is unique and everyone experiences it different. "like"? well if we are comparing then I guess I could name some pains that are "like" heartache.
ReplyDeleteSuch as..
Experiencing 10,000 bee stings all at once everyday for 5 months with no pain medication.
Someone bashing your toe with a hammer 20 times (although eventually you would go numb..."comfortably numb ;) " )
Being crushed my an anvil...except for your head so that you don't really die, you just feel it.
Falling from the Empire State Building and landing on a pitch fork...not dying on impact.
Someone punching into your chest, using a blade to cut your heart out (this is the common feeling people describe when their heart aches)
These are only a FEW painful things that we can compare to heartache.
Now, heartache may not even be so bad for many.
HeartBREAK on the other hand...who knows.
The question is would you rather your Heart ache...(that long constant subtle achy feeling over a prolonged period of time) OR would you rather your heart break (BAM.SPLATTER.POP!) One could say that Heartache is the result of heartbreak I suppose...hmmmm all the things to ponder.
I will say that some people find a comfort in sadness. Sadness, tears, crying is a cleansing process so sometimes one may find comfort in heartache.
Now MY OPINION? Well the heart is a muscle if you don't believe me go to wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart I believe that it's a muscle both physically AND emotionally. So from an emotional standpoint it makes sense to exercise the heart in order to develop it's strength. Therefore, if I don't use my heart, if I isolate it so that it feels nothing...well then I have fostered a crippled, little cowardly weak heart haven't I?
If it is never betrayed it never builds compassion for those who are betrayed. It never learns how to treat people and because it has never been betrayed it betrays others unaware of the consequence. If it doesn't recollect just a bit of the past it never learns from mistakes. Besides the reason it hurts it's because before it felt so good. We all deserve to feel so good ;)
Do you exercise? Ever played a sport where you had to condition? It's brutal. Just when it burns you want to stop...but you don't you "feel the burn". When you finish you have this energy! You feel good that you tried and now you have sexy muscles to show off! I don't know about you...but I have a sexy heart muscle!
I see it this way. Either you crumble and die..or you crumble for a second (feel it), learn, Become super strong and then move on!
About "loneliness" I think being alone is easy but being lonely can be difficult for people. You can be next to someone and be lonely. You can be alone and completely comforted.
Anyway...it's my opinion.