Love And Love: The State Of Love

One of the most- maybe even the most- desired and glorified fountains of ecstasy in human society is the state of love. However, desires come with suffering and love is no exception to this rule. For, if it can give wings to fly really high into the heavens, it can also destroy them and send the heart falling down onto a cruel, unfortunate death. Heartbreak does not deter humans from pursuing potential happiness, but it does bring them back to their reality with more wisdom. Though, even with more wisdom, reality can be a bleak, empty one and this may force a person to look towards the past for a few glimpses of meaning. After some reflections and growth, an individual may pursue love again, many times, and even if these conquests turn out

People are left with memories only, but there is a new pleasure, like repetition, that Soren K. suggests to people. He says this pleasure is from giving in to commitment and living a simple life. It is this that humans actually want, but are too fearful of. Instead of searching for new and exciting love, Soren K. says it is better to wake up next to somebody every morning knowing that they will always be there. This is the same advice that the narrator gives the young troubled poet in the book Repetition, but the young poet never understands.

To continue, humans that believe in soulmates and search for the perfect unattainable love put forth by society will never be happy. The love that people are programmed to search for endlessly is an ideology, a false and cruel illusion. This is the kind of love idolized in movies; this is what they present as the reason to live. A great example of this is the love in The Great Gatsby. The poor guy goes through so many great lengths to have the lady of his dreams in his arms, but even after all his trials, he never succeeds. She was never his in the first place, but he would not let go. Another