It is better to have loved and lost then to have never loved at all. I'm sure we have all heard this quote before. It makes me wonder if whoever first said it had never loved before. I'm not sure I'm entirely convinced by this saying. I have loved and lost, and I can't think of a single more painful experience in my life. Yes, over time, the pain lessened and was dulled. However, I have resigned myself to having it be there for the rest of my life. Even when I fall in love again, there is always that loss. Nothing will replace the previous love, or be exactly like it. So, my conclusion...to have loved and lost is equally as painful as to have never loved at all. They are simply two different aspects of an emotion.
I don't want to be misunderstood, though. Yes, I have loved and lost. I do not regret it for a minute, though. If I could go back in time and change what happened, I wouldn't. Not one day, one hour, one minute, one second. Perhaps this is what is meant by that quote? I don't know, and do not consider myself enough of a scholar or philosopher to debate the subject.
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I'd rather know love than never have felt it. That's what I've always thought of this quote. Yes, love is painful, even if it has a happy ending. There's still work. There's still pain. But I've always wondered, if you didn't know love, could you really miss it? Would you really care?
ReplyDeleteI definitely don't regret any of the love I've felt. Each experience we have, whether it is good or bad, changes us. Without the sum of our experiences, we would be a totally different person. Good comments!