A handsome youth and a beautiful girl meet by chance and fall in love, but unexpected obstacles obstruct their union; they are separated, and each is launched on a series of journeys and dangerous adventures; through all their tribulations, however, they remain faithful to each other and to the benevolent deities who at critical junctures guide their steps; and eventually they are reunited and live happily ever after.
-Bryan P. Reardon: The Form of Greek Romance; Quoted in Barbara Fuchs: Romance.
Showing posts with label Falling in Love. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Falling in Love. Show all posts
Friday, January 8, 2010
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Falling in Love
Falling in love often presents us with the opportunity of experiencing a deeper reality. Feeling that someone was fated to come into one’s life, having a sense that
someone is a soul mate, appeals to a level of reality not referred to by our
ongoing concerns with practical matters. It suggests that there is some meaning
in life that is not created by us, but is there to be found. Falling in love
also gives many people a sense that such powerful feelings have trans-human
origins, that somehow the divine is connected with the love they feel.
-Bonnelle Lewis Strickling: Dreaming about the Divine (2007)
someone is a soul mate, appeals to a level of reality not referred to by our
ongoing concerns with practical matters. It suggests that there is some meaning
in life that is not created by us, but is there to be found. Falling in love
also gives many people a sense that such powerful feelings have trans-human
origins, that somehow the divine is connected with the love they feel.
-Bonnelle Lewis Strickling: Dreaming about the Divine (2007)
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