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| Movie: Say Anything Released in 1989 |
I’m a hopeless romantic; not the cheesy, all red,
letters-in-blood type but the stand-in-my-backyard-while-holding-a-boombox-above-your-head-playing-my-favorite-song
type of romantic. But despite my romantic disposition, there’s one thing I’ve
learnt to be completely objective about: Loss. I’ve somehow become the person
who knows people are going to die, who knows that everyday all over the world
children are losing their parents and parents are losing their children and
there’s nothing anyone can do about it because that is the circle of life. I’ve
become the person who has come to the realization that the only thing that is
pre-ordained and cannot be changed, is the expiration date stamped on our
souls. Romanticism doesn’t have to be all about stars. It should be about
nostalgia, reminiscence and of course romance - the pure, non-cheesy kind. It should
never be about loss, because that only casts a shadow on everything else that
might otherwise be beautiful. Loss is inevitable, and us, humans, should learn
to stop challenging The Inevitable, if only to avoid undue heartache.
Boht achay. If only it was that easy to forget the loss of a person (whether through death or otherwise).
ReplyDeleteIt's never easy to forget someone we've lost. But people fail to realize that loss is something that is bound to happen. We shouldn't be so consumed by our own loss that we fail to see the loss that every other person is suffering. A true Romantic is always compassionate, and that is what I intend to be! :)
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