Physicality

In the first days of my youth I tried to find it in the creatures, as I saw others do; but the more I sought, the less I found it, and the nearer I went to it, the further off it was. For of every image that appeared to me, before I had fully tested it, or abandoned myself to peace in it, an inner voice said to me: “This is not what thou seekest.” -Heinrich Suso

Physical attraction is not a firm foundation on which to
build a relationship, for the simple reason that it is never
constant. It sets in motion a cycle of expectation and
disillusionment that can go on and on. The person who lives
in a world of fantasy will often blame the other for letting
him down. Perhaps, for example, Juliet expects Romeo to come
to her balcony every morning and launch into, “It is
the east, and you are the sun . . . .” Three days
after the honeymoon, she feels crushed when she is greeted
at breakfast with nothing more romantic than,
“Where’s the toast?” Many relationships
sputter because of just such inflated expectations, which
demand of life something that it simply cannot give. We
should not feel that close relationships are beyond our
reach, but they are demanding. Through experience, we come
to realize that in love nothing comes as easily as we
expected. Everything beautiful has to be worked for.

As I launch into a life of singleness, this rings true ever so more.

Comments

Unknown said…
It is amazing to know that so very few people understand that the physical shall change and it is in no way a builder for any relationship of depth and longevity. Not to say that you can't have it all physical and spiritual and the more of importance to an individual. Usually one will override the other at some point in time in the relationship and would'nt it be a bit of a let down if it was always the physical?
September 9, 2013 at 5:36 PM
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