Love @ first sight

LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT


Brethren, mere speculation may lead to more expectation. And, real jubilation could warrant rare tribulation. This very caption or clause calls for deep thought amongst wise thinkers. But in case you need my assistance while romancing over it, don’t hesitate to call me so we can collectively do the analysis.

As long as this column lasts, we shall be digesting any form of relationship between two or more things or persons in any area of life such as education, sciences/arts, religion, humanity, business/economy, polity and so on, as it affects or may affect the social lives of the people/things involved or concerned. So, welcome to Rostrum!

Two nights ago, I ran vigorously more than I’ve ever done since my childhood. I couldn’t imagine myself indulging in such tedious activity just as anyone who knows me very well cannot possibly imagine seeing me in such mood. But I knew why I ran, and that was my utmost joy. Thus, I saw the euphoria coming in subsequent to that. I know you may be asking yourself or as well thinking aloud what kind of run I solely indulged in. But never mind since the fact remains that I achieved success. Therefore, the Lord is good and shall continue to be good. In other words, if you embarked on a certain worthwhile activity and came out successful, you must not relent to give the Supreme Being an eulogy irrespective of the nature of challenges you may have faced in the process.

We’re on love at first sight. A short and challenging phrase which we must look into. Love is a symbol which signifies your appreciation for someone/something’s existence. Thus, love at first sight is the act of appreciating something/someone’s existence at your first meeting/encounter with the person or thing.

Love has been a very strong factor existing between two or more things or persons. And it remains the most outstanding symbol that unites and strengthens any existing relationship. From time immemorial, taking human beings as a case study, the women folk have remained a force of attraction to the men folk. And, such attraction can never be formidable or real if love is not involved. Let’s ride on!

Several actions and reactions in respect to love have been emerging which have resulted to many pathetic phrases/clauses such as “The first time I set my eyes on you, I fell in love with you”, or “My spirit told me I have found my missing rib, at my first meeting with you”, just to mention a few. Love which is one of the branches of emotion has ruined or misled millions of people who had mistaken lust for it (love). There is a very strong demarcation or dichotomy between love and lust which we are bound to understand. In Physics, it’s called “parallax”. Parallax is defined as two parallel lines that have no meeting point. In one of our subsequent editions on this column, we shall be digesting the two factors, love and lust extensively. But here, our sole interest lies on love at first sight.

Beloved, it sounds extremely crazy for one to say that he/she fell in love with a thing or person at his/her first meeting with the thing/person. There are certain ingredients/qualities that lead to appreciating something/someone. And, you can never discover such qualities in a person or thing at your first encounter with it/him as the case may be. Take for instance; if you’re a man, for you to appreciate a woman who just walked into your life, you must discover the general/entire beauty of the woman which can never be done even in few months.

The general beauty of any woman does not end on what or those things you can see by merely looking at her. It’s the interior and exterior qualities of a person that constitute his/her general beauty. The exterior ones are those you can see while looking at him/her which could be discovered within a day, while the interior ones are those that seem to be hidden and can only be discovered having spent some reasonable time with the person in question which could take years. The interior qualities/beauty of a man/woman are his/her mentality, manners, morality, level of simplicity and so on. And these are the qualities that can enable you to fully appreciate his/her existence.

Likewise a thing. Take for instance; you can never love a car at your first sight. For one to love a certain car, he/she must have discovered the entire qualities of the car.

In a nut shell, apparently there’s no love at first sight. And virtually every mankind has derailed due to this anomaly. So it’s high time we woke up. We must stop this lingering naughty jubilation that could lead to disastrous tribulation. Think about it!



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COMR. FRED NWAOZOR

Social analyst & activist