I was hanging out with Eunice a few days ago when she told me, "I was asked by grade 7 students, 'How do you know if you're blinded by love?'" Well, it honestly surprised the both of us since these kids are too young to be involved in relationships and that we are not so much knowledgeable about such things, but then, she told me that she was meeting them on friday that week to talk about it and coincidentally, I was also there when they started to gather.
We sat down, forming a circle in the building's lobby. We started asking them things like, if they've got 'relationships' and some were, others were just interested to hear things that , they think, could help them in their future relationships. I remember telling them what we, Eunice and I, did back when we were their age, and to tell you honestly, we were crazy fangirls back then and didn't really care about boys that much (not until we grew a little and became a little more lady-like) that what we wanted were albums, magazine issues, posters and stuff any fangirl would want. Oh, how things change so fast that these kids are not really interested in those things anymore. And so the talk continued. I actually wasn't able to answer their question in a right way coz all i was thinking of was "how to know if it was real love or not" and not "how to know if you are blinded by love." after a few days, i thought about it and came to the conclusion that "Love does not blind people" and there is no such thing as getting "blind" in love.
I Corinthians 13 said,
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8 Love never fails.
None in those lines said that love will blind you, instead, it will lead you to the truth, that there is no wrong in love. I don't really get the idea of getting "blinded" by love. If you think there are "wrong" things in your relationship, you better ask yourself if it is real love or just infatuation. Love does not blind you, infatuation does.
Thanks to these children, I was able to differentiate more about what's real and what's not about love.
We sat down, forming a circle in the building's lobby. We started asking them things like, if they've got 'relationships' and some were, others were just interested to hear things that , they think, could help them in their future relationships. I remember telling them what we, Eunice and I, did back when we were their age, and to tell you honestly, we were crazy fangirls back then and didn't really care about boys that much (not until we grew a little and became a little more lady-like) that what we wanted were albums, magazine issues, posters and stuff any fangirl would want. Oh, how things change so fast that these kids are not really interested in those things anymore. And so the talk continued. I actually wasn't able to answer their question in a right way coz all i was thinking of was "how to know if it was real love or not" and not "how to know if you are blinded by love." after a few days, i thought about it and came to the conclusion that "Love does not blind people" and there is no such thing as getting "blind" in love.
I Corinthians 13 said,
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8 Love never fails.
None in those lines said that love will blind you, instead, it will lead you to the truth, that there is no wrong in love. I don't really get the idea of getting "blinded" by love. If you think there are "wrong" things in your relationship, you better ask yourself if it is real love or just infatuation. Love does not blind you, infatuation does.
Thanks to these children, I was able to differentiate more about what's real and what's not about love.
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