So here is the thing... I'm secretly a romantic. Not the mushy candlelight dinner or Cinderella story romantic... I'm a romantic realist and sometimes a romantic skeptic. The problem is that I believe in this thing called love and am sick of all the stupid candy hearts, feigned chivalry, and the cliche dozen roses. I believe in really loving someone for who he or she is, despite the messy stuff and the complications. I don't believe in what is so commonly termed today as "true love". I believe in GENUINE love... a love that is anything BUT blind, yet is 100% sincere, altruistic, fiercely loyal, and utterly honest. Romance to me is my grandparents still being in love with each other after 51 years of marriage... THAT is romantic.
I've been hurt deeply and more than once, but the truth is that deep inside I am a little bit of an optimist when it comes to love and romantic relationships... I believe that genuine love can heal and mend brokenness... I believe that genuine love can do this for my heart. I have to. It gives me hope. God's love does this healing and mending, but He often uses people around us to aid in this process.
I found this illustration drawn by Sarah Wade. I liked it because, unlike a lot of broken heart images I see, the heart wasn't just sewn up once or didn't only have one Bandaid on it... it has been broken many times, but is in the process of healing... Healing occurs with genuine love. So you see, I'm not a hopeless romantic... I'm a hopeFUL romantic. I hope. I believe. I long for GENUINE LOVE.
This song below is one of my new favourites... It expresses my romantic side completely.
SUMMERBREEZE- Emiliana Torrini
It might have been a while
Since you've been loved
Like you should be loved
It might have been a while
Since you've been kissed
Like you should be kissed
And tender loving arms
Might be something you miss
Well summerbreeze is blowing through your window
And summerbreeze is blowing through your hair
And something in your eyes that you cannot disguise
Don't tell me it ain't there
It might have been a while
Since you've been loved
By one who really loves you
It might have been a while
Since you could trust
That someone really cares
When people like us
Meant to go 'round in pairs
Summerbreeze is blowing through your window
And summerbreeze is blowing through your hair
Something in your eyes that took me by surprise
Don't tell me that it ain't there