![]() As They OughtA Story by Apebble![]() What if this is the key to love?![]() “If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.” - Goethe This quote strikes me differently than most. Most read this and see how they relate to the common man, how they treat him and how they should treat him. That particular view is not necessarily wrong, and follows the quote more exact than my perspective. I read this and I think of relations in which we currently have where the person is as they ought, or what we believe they ought to be. Or they appear to be what they ought. An interesting aspect of this is one of love. The old saying goes “love is blind”, but just how true does this statement reign, and just how applicable is it? How can once beautiful couples that eventually age hold together if there is no substance rather than the looks? It cannot. However, if the relationship is blind, then there is more to be held and more to be thought of the individual than just their outward appearance: they have heart. But, how does one even develop this sense of love? Well, you see, we already have been given the answer. It's in the quote I opened with: “see them as they ought”. What if, and this is just hypothetical, we see each person we love as they ought to be, even though they are not? What if we are by nature blind to their faults in essence creating them into what they ought to be and thus allowing us to love them passionately? What if that is the key? The girl or guy you stare at in the hall, is s/he not perfect? You've said so in your mind. You've seen their faults and wished them away as beauty. You chose to be blind to their faults and even took it a step further as to place the qualities you wish they had into them through some abstract looking glass until you saw they were finally worthy to be truly loved and accepted by you or society. Love is blind, you say? I would disagree. Love is neither blind nor insightful. Love is simply waiting for us to become blind to the faults we choose to see and waiting for us to choose to accept what each person ought to be as what they currently are. To accept each other in their current state and tell ourselves that they are in the prime state we want them to be in. Slowly but surely, maybe, the person will become molded into that by our minds if not by their actions, creating something to love. The trick to love is a mystery, some say. There are books upon books on the subject. But what if, what if the very answer you seek was as simple as blinding yourself to their faults and seeing them as they are in the light that they are as they ought to be? What if...
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StatsAuthor![]() ApebbleAboutHi all :) I go by apebble, but you can call me almost any variation of apebble you wish (peb, pebs, pebbles, ape, etc.)...just don't call me apple :P As for myself as a writer: I write generally.. more..Writing
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