A Sense of Wonder

Helen Keller once said, ~The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched. They must be felt with the heart.~ In some aspect, a person can be considered blind when it comes to love inevitably leaving him/her in a state of perpetual darkness, so to speak. For it's not so much a literal blindness that I'm speaking of as its more metaphorical where one has this perception that love is something completely tangible to the point where you have the capability of always being able to see, hear, smell, touch, and/or even taste it, which is a deluded mindset. Oftentimes, relying on your five senses to in all intensive purposes be in tune with love can lead to false assumptions. You see, all it ever takes is just an open heart that will essentially help you see clear as day.

Let me ask you this question, have you ever been blindfolded and had someone take you by the hand leading you to a particular destination all-the-while trying to keep you safe? It would be safe to say we've all experienced it and I think many would agree it's a scary situation indeed because you're not only unaware of your surroundings, but you basically put your life in the hands of someone who may or may not have the best of intentions for you. If you think about it, that is how love is as you close your eyes to the visual distractions that are all around you as you put your trust in someone you don't even know to gently guide you with care and attention, which is something many women want when it comes to matters of the heart.

As said before, the best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched; they must be felt with the heart. Without a doubt, things such as security, trust, commitment, loyalty, respect, honor, etc. are aspects of love that can't be seen, and yet you know it exists. However, it's a sad and frustrating situation when bad past relationships cause you to be blinded by anger, bitterness, resentment, disappointment, heartache, etc. leaving you in some ways just instinctively feeling your way through within your own heart. What it comes down to is having faith in that person to help truly open your eyes and show you that love has a much deeper meaning than just the look of their appearance, the sound of their voice, the smell of their scent, the touch of their embrace, or the taste of their kiss.

For the question can be asked, how many considered yourself to be blind and trusted solely on your five senses to build a relationship with someone in the past? For its a so called "condition" every person has suffered or is currently suffering from and to be perfectly honest you can't help it because certain things can influence in what you "see" in a guy or girl like the way one smiles or how he/she looks at you causing a brain fart that seemingly last for a long period of time. Ultimately, there comes a point where instead of seeing someone in a lustful way, you'll begin to "see" him/her in a way in which you're genuinely understanding the person who is leading you by the hand and at the same time giving you the chance to feel with your heart rather than to have it be abused.

Today is Valentine's Day and for most, some, or all people they tend to be blinded by the memories of past heartbreak leaving them to see red, which is a color associated more with anger than with love. If you think about it, Valentine's Day gives you the opportunity to find the innocence that tends to be lost these days as there is so much commercialism behind it that quite honestly its as if the love you have for a potential and/or significant other is measured by how much money you can spend on him/her...but I digress. In the end, I say this to those who have experienced the ugly side of love causing you to be visually impaired within your heart; I hope the twinkle in your eyes returns as you're able to truly regain a sense of wonder that you've either lost or have been missing for quite some time.