Love Is Mysterious

There has been many changes on how people view love. Others would say that it is an essential ingredient for a happy life. Other would prove that love is the source of pain and trials. One person even told me that love is the answer of his prayers. For me, love is forever. When it strikes a person, of which I am referring to true love, love will never end no matter what.

I had one story to tell to prove that it is true. My friend's mother told me one sad secret. She was a Muslim. When she was young, at seventeen, she was betrothed to a young man who is also a Muslim. The guy belongs to a rich clan in the community. In their culture, marriage will be fixed by their parents. She was inclined to leave the house in secret for one reason-she fell in love with another young Muslim. However, her parents knew about her plan. She was forced to marry her fiancee in a much earlier date then. Hence, she still think of the man she loved despite the fact that she is already sixty years old! That was her agony for so many years. For her, she always wanted to be married to the man she truly loved. But fate twisted it all.

Love may be mysterious and powerful, but it had one weakness. The weakness of love is love itself. Imagine how brave the Muslim girl was, to live with her husband for so many years despite the fact that she loved someone else. She was told by her parents before she got married that when she would continue seeing the young man, he would be killed. For that, she cannot afford to let it happen. In exchange of her man's safety, she married the guy that his parents arranged for her. Indeed, love is powerful. Love never has to end, but it could sacrifice for some reasons.