Crushes

Ok ok this post isn't about what you all think it is about. Read something a few days back about crushes..and it's not that kind of boy meets girl, girl/boy likes boy/girl kind of 'crush'. Rather, it's a sort of feeling in the heart that you get, when you get affectionately over something, not necessarily over another person. Hearts race, emotions run high, that warm simple innocent and clean feeling that one gets when one is deeply moved.

Or perhaps we could relate this to BGR somehow...sigh. It's that feeling when you just get struck with a certain sense of liking. It's happened to me before, I'm sure it's happened to many others as well, though many often say that it's never happened to them. They come naturally, these crushes, and it's like chemistry I guess, sometimes some people were meant to look at one another and *poof* love at first sight (a.k.a Romeo and Juliet), sometimes the reaction requires a catalyst, sometimes it's just a slow reaction that takes time, sometimes they're just heterogeneous and can't mix.

Crushes, the feeling is great, always leading to a heightened imagination or sense of purpose and new found joy. Great feeling, but short-lived, like a shooting star, passing swiftly yet ever so bright and unforgettable. And once it's gone, it never comes back again. And we have to grapple with that sense of loss.

Countless of times I've met people, or gone to places, and they never come back again. More often than not, paths don't cross twice. They either cross once, and stay together for a long time; cross once and diverge, never to meet again; or don't cross at all. Any subsequent meetings are merely fleeting and short-lived. The flame can never be fully rekindled...lest it be God's will.

So, crushes, they are refreshing...a day in the mountains, surrounded by white powdery snow, in the midst of pine trees and the crisp winter atmosphere....it's enough to make you wanna cry, cry tears of joy, tears of gratitude for all that God has shown to you. Nature is just...so amazing.

Crushes, giving new motivation to life. Crushes, give spurts of ecstasy. All this might seem in vain, but it's one of the passing things in life that we should appreciate, take hold of for as long as possible and enjoy.

Of course, when they do subside, let's stop holding on and let go, lest we hurt ourselves or hurt others. Forget the past, it's for the better, and look forward to new crushes to come...or rekindled crushes..always stay optimistic! A shooting star may come only once in a few decades or centuries, crushes come more often at least, let's make sure we're there to enjoy it when they come...(elispe)