tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1731942011594033282011-11-27T15:55:57.793-08:00True Romancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13577714185748914268noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-173194201159403328.post-24558843050139846812007-10-08T10:35:00.000-07:002007-10-09T07:45:04.955-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_hZPXRs84qlA/RwuQUKVUNBI/AAAAAAAAAAM/sASQRxS2Gkw/s1600-h/Romance1.bmp"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_hZPXRs84qlA/RwuQUKVUNBI/AAAAAAAAAAM/sASQRxS2Gkw/s320/Romance1.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119344077482243090" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">The reason true romance is nearly dead in this generation is that people have forgotten </span><span style="font-size:130%;">the difference between love and romance. Individuals begin with concepts born out of </span><span style="font-size:130%;">sappy movies and penny-novelettes, confuse one with the other, and claim sorrow when </span><span style="font-size:130%;">they are hurt by their own unachievable expectations. The truth, which few poets, actors,</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> and authors bother to tell us is that romance is individualistic and not idealistic.</span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_hZPXRs84qlA/RwuQiKVUNCI/AAAAAAAAAAU/wa-BzcnsKzY/s1600-h/Romance3.bmp"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_hZPXRs84qlA/RwuQiKVUNCI/AAAAAAAAAAU/wa-BzcnsKzY/s320/Romance3.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119344318000411682" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Peo</span><span style="font-size:130%;">ple</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> love to be on a mission with romance, and it is ofte</span><span style="font-size:130%;">n their last hop</span><span style="font-size:130%;">e. Most thinkers </span><span style="font-size:130%;">insist that this incessant search for a partner is deep-seated in the in</span><span style="font-size:130%;">security and fear of </span><span style="font-size:130%;">loneliness, whereas others argue that insecurity is what constant longing leads too.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">The answer probably lies in the fact that these two aspects of human life are m</span><span style="font-size:130%;">u</span><span style="font-size:130%;">tually </span><span style="font-size:130%;">inseparab</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_hZPXRs84qlA/RwuROqVUNEI/AAAAAAAAAAk/y3FzX2eWN0g/s1600-h/Romance2.bmp"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_hZPXRs84qlA/RwuROqVUNEI/AAAAAAAAAAk/y3FzX2eWN0g/s320/Romance2.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119345082504590402" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">le, and, at times, one can be both the cause and the effect. In the fac</span><span style="font-size:130%;">e of all this, </span><span style="font-size:130%;">pe</span><span style="font-size:130%;">ople are forced to question where does true romance lie, and in </span><span style="font-size:130%;">what capacity are they </span><span style="font-size:130%;">to seek it. This is an enigma that has haunted huma</span><span style="font-size:130%;">nity ever since the idea of romance was </span><span style="font-size:130%;">conceived and people began to approach lov</span><span style="font-size:130%;">e as a science, leaving out instincts and relying </span><span style="font-size:130%;">up on reasoning.</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_hZPXRs84qlA/RwuSFaVUNGI/AAAAAAAAAA0/OC2LAQ5DhYs/s1600-h/Romance5.bmp"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_hZPXRs84qlA/RwuSFaVUNGI/AAAAAAAAAA0/OC2LAQ5DhYs/s320/Romance5.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119346023102428258" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">The only way to approach to romance is to realize that</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> answers cannot and should not be </span><span style="font-size:130%;">sought outside the self. The answers are present inside each individual. The interpretation </span><span style="font-size:130%;">of love and romanc</span><span style="font-size:130%;">e should only be derived from personal insight, as every other</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> mode of </span><span style="font-size:130%;">answering is false and deceptive.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Roma</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_hZPXRs84qlA/RwuQ3aVUNDI/AAAAAAAAAAc/59-xKPwWj7w/s1600-h/Romance4.bmp"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_hZPXRs84qlA/RwuQ3aVUNDI/AAAAAAAAAAc/59-xKPwWj7w/s320/Romance4.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119344683072631858" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">nce is the behavioral response to the feeling of love. The two are not the same </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">technically, but if people choose to see them as such, it is entirely their call. Very often, </span><span style="font-size:130%;">true romance is viewed as sexual excitation </span><span style="font-size:130%;">and attachment, or, at other times,</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"> it takes the form of dependence on a particular person. Every such view requires a </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_hZPXRs84qlA/RwuRnKVUNFI/AAAAAAAAAAs/ghynwA4k9aM/s1600-h/Romance.bmp"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_hZPXRs84qlA/RwuRnKVUNFI/AAAAAAAAAAs/ghynwA4k9aM/s320/Romance.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119345503411385426" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">unique gratification, and, thus, the definition of true </span><span style="font-size:130%;">r</span><span style="font-size:130%;">omance varies from person to person.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">However, this satisfaction is related to a clear understanding of personal romantic expectations. </span><span style="font-size:130%;">Individuals cannot be satisfied with dates and kisses when what they really want is intimacy. </span><span style="font-size:130%;">Seeking gratification of even the most morbid form of romance is not wrong until it hurts </span><span style="font-size:130%;">another living being.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/173194201159403328-2455884305013984681?l=dependenceofloveandromance.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>True Romancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13577714185748914268noreply@blogger.com0