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It all comes back to the old saying, “Absence makes the heart grow fonder.” The saying persists because it is true. Yet in the same way, absence also makes the heart more desperate. For if there exists any means within your power to eliminate whatever separates you from the object of your affection, the longing to strip this barrier amplifies itself only stronger and more potent. And so too, do I readily apply this principle to interpersonal relationships between myself and other people. The longer I stray from certain people the more my desire and the stronger my resolve to will them to return to me of their own accord, hoping that my presence being removed from their life—based on longevity—would cause them to render feeling of their own accord.
But when at times these plans end up having the opposite effect, and the circumstantial denial of the object of my heart’s longing—be it a person or a simple amusement—leads me to despair when it is beyond my power to defeat such circumstances. In other words, I only acknowledge heartbreak when I am helpless to overcome the obstacles or rather, the lack of reciprocation on another person’s end, that keep my heart from it’s desire.
