A li'l bout luv

A friend of mine recently cut his love story short and said it was all because of their different culture and religion. Another friend asked me why I never write anything about love in my blog. Ist das richtig so? If that's the case, I guess I'll write a little about love today.

I’ll start with this one question: Is there such thing as a forbidden love? If all men and women were created equal, should there be anything wrong with an African American male pairing up with an Asian American female, a Muslim girl dating a Christian guy, or a Roman Catholic Latino marrying an Indian Hindi?



Why is it so difficult to envision these images? It’s as if a virus has suddenly invaded our processing system, and our minds have been automatically shut down or put in hibernating mode. Our minds refuse to reboot until that image has passed beyond us.

What is wrong with us? Blame it on the values and the morals and the belief system that has been bestowed upon us. Blame it on our culture, on the way were brought up, and the way we were trained to perceive. Blame it on all the “good” we have been taught to uphold.

But when you have a failed love story at hand, never blame it on religion. Never blame it on culture. The only subject to blame is you. It’s your stubborn mind at fault. Your inability to break through the imaginary walls built in your head at guilt. Your lack of love held responsible.

Don’t claim a great never-ending love, if you dare not fight for it. The simple underlying statement here is that you plainly do not have enough love, enough courage, enough gut, to defy yourself, your mind, and your society. In short: you’re just not that into him/her. For the way I see it, true love transcends all. It goes well beyond race, culture, religion, distance and boundaries .......