Oh the things you can find on the internet....

It was just too classic. I had to share.

OH! I forgot:

Here are some things I found in relation to my previous post:

According to the English Phrase Finder: Shakespeare COINED the phrase "love is blind." Cool. I never knew. Supposedly, it appears in Two Gentlemen of Verona and Henry V as well. Three points for Team Shakespeare.
Also, this quote was included on that cite:
Modern-day research supports the view that the blindness of love is not just a figurative matter. A research study in 2004 by University College London found that feelings of love suppressed the activity of the areas of the brain that control critical thought.


HEH HEH! Psych Experiments for the win! Except I feel like that kind of goes AGAINST my previously posted portrayal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  .hhmmm. . . . . . . .oh well. :)

Chosen quote from M.o.Venice

But love is blind, and lovers cannot see

The pretty follies that themselves commit.

                              -IV.xi.41-42

ATTENTION: The following is a matter of personal opinion, based off previous observations. This is NOT the end-all-be-all explanation. :) Just keep that in mind.

Love. Wow. What an intense subject. Mostly because I feel like love is very different to every person. Specifically, every relationship. Not even just romantic relationships, but all love.

I do concur. Love IS blind. But not necessarily in a bad way. I think that the cliché, pessimistic interpretation of this quote is: "people who are in love do dumb things." And while it may be true that as soon as a loved one enters your life, suddenly everything in the world seems to center on them...I don't think that's what "love is blind" means. 

Rather, I view it more of "love MAKES you blind." To the faults of your lover. When you're in love, the world seems to be perfect...THEY seem to be perfect. You don't recognize all their flaws because--(here is the important part: )--you choose not to. When you're in love, you have the best attitude. You're always on your best behavior. You don't read into the little things that come up because you are so busy focusing on all their...awesomeness! 

And sometimes, that goes away. "Why?" you may ask. Well..........hhmmm......I can't speak from experience because I've never been married: but all that I've heard in my 19.75 years of living says that people "fall out of love" because they STOP choosing. Stop thinking that their love is amazing. They start focusing on the negative things, and of course we've all heard a billion times, "That which you focus on will increase."

Side note: This in no way relates to divorce. OR marriage. That's an entire subject of it's own. All I'm saying is that I think love means that you see a person in a good light. Because EVERYONE has flaws. You choose to love someone, even a best friend, because you prefer them.  You love them as a whole-person-package. You like the things you DO see. Even the flaws. You look beyond those. To love. Commitment or divorce is a very different thing: we're just talking about love. Deep, raw, love. 

Then again, I don't believe it's entirely a choice. I think all of us here have had crushes on people we don't want to...but perhaps that's just the initial attraction? 

Perhaps love IS a choice. Perhaps we get what we put in. Perhaps love is seeing someone how God sees them: for Christ loves everyone. Even through all, and I mean ALL, of our flaws. And if He can do it...we can too, right???

What do YOU think??????

I'd love to hear. Thanks for listening. -CMS