Observations and Self-Discovery

I've been completely honest about my experiences with love and have enjoyed sharing them with you, but what I have failed to tell you all is that I really like to see others in love.  Whether I'm watching a romantic movie or seeing a friend become really giddy after her boyfriend popped the question, I'm in love with watching other people fall in love.

I'm a Pisces, so naturally, I'm an emotional soul and a hopeless romantic.  Yes, I do get a little teary-eyed during sappy movies and I somehow believe that an actual knight in shining armour will whisk me away in the middle of the night.  Sure, I know that that particular situation isn't necessarily feasible, but I'm allowed to be imaginative, right?  As much as my "outlandish" hopes and dreams won't really come true, I can live vicariously through others' extreme happiness with their significant others.  I hope this doesn't sound too creepy.

Trust me, I'm not the type of person that will sit back and watch others' lives progress happily while I do nothing.  I will make my efforts to meet new people and potentially fall in love.  To be honest, it's just that my heart gets a nice, warm feeling inside and my nerves tingle throughout my whole body when I see the complexity and magic of love play out before my very eyes.  Perhaps the feeling of love is contagious.  Well, as I pointed out in my The Seasons of Love blog, maybe it really is.  I suppose the point I'm trying to make with this blog is more of a self-discovery - the discovery that I'm a natural sympathiser with others' feelings.

And it's not just the feeling of love I sympathise with.  If someone is sad, mad, or happy, I will melt into that mood as well.  When I am present in any place, the way I act in that location completely depends on the vibe.  I can usually tell if something is wrong or just off.

Aside from the point of my strong intuition, I truly believe that love has such an interesting effect on people.  It makes you cry, laugh, become furious...  One scary thing about love is this: you (as in your physical self) cannot choose who you like.  Therefore, you cannot choose who you fall in love with.  It just...happens.  Love is uncontrollable and seemingly all-knowing.

Love is the one aspect of our lives that makes life seem so difficult.