On a scoreboard- respect or love scores more?
In one of my recent talks, I surprised myself by saying respect is more important in a marriage over love. Love fades. The colour of faded respect is also bright. We have often heard of individuals saying, we have fallen out of love. Have we ever heard a soul whispering, we have fallen out of respect. English language too doesn't support such a hypothesis. The colossal part of my above talk was totally impromptu. I'm a spontaneous and organic speaker. Call it my lousy attitude or my strong desire to speak my heart, I don't prepare for my talks well in advance. My brain registers the theme of the talk and the age group of my listeners. Done. My heart is ready to open a little chamber of experience hidden within chambers of intelligence. What spills out is something even I might not be aware of. These talks become a mirror to my lost self. After the said talk, for several days, I grazed on this thought- Respect is more essential than love in a marriage...