Love or Something Like it!

Sometimes Profound Love is found in a moment... Sometimes a lifetime of looking is not enough...

I am emotionally touched by the latest novel I read... One of my close friends gave it to me and asked me to read it... I am sure most of you must have already read it- it's quite a famous one actually but for some reason I never got around to reading it before. "Bridges of Madison County". The story is of an unusual but once-in-a-lot-of-lifetimes kindda lovestory between Francesca (the farmer's wife from Iowa) and Robert Kincaid (the National Geographic photographer).

The story moved me in ways that is hard to express. Let me try breaking it down for you... There were some lines that I completely loved in the book, and they had nothing to do with the lead characters falling in love.

"But it's not what I dreamed about as a girl"

"The dreams were good dreams, they didn't work out, but I'm glad I had them."

"This is why I'm here on this planet, at this time, Francesca. Not to travel or make pictures, but to love you. I know that now. I have been falling from the rim of a great high place, and through all those years, I have been falling towards you."

"As much as I want you and want to be a part of you, I cant tear myself away from the realness of my responsibilities"

"In a universe of Ambiguity, this kind of certainity comes only once, no matter how many lifetimes you live."

Wow! It really is the work of a true genius... Anyone who can capture emotions that well has to be called a genius. I am no-die-hard-romantic, but even I could feel the emotions that the characters went through- the pain... the agony... the yearning... the decision of responsibility over passion! All I can say is that it is a work of art that stirs something deep within and touches even the heart of a cynic. It is love, the way never told before. It is life itself!

While ending this, I can't help but remember these verses from a favourite song... "This is the beginning of your day, Life is more intricate than it seems, Always be yourself along the way, Living through the spirit of your dreams..."