"A look of
resignation creased Tyson’s face. ‘You don’t love Cassy and you don’t want to
try to love her.’
‘I love her,
but I am not in love with her.’
‘That’s a
distinction I understand but don’t accept. It’s not a reason to quit a
marriage. You understand the highs and lows of life, love and marriage.
Feelings come and go. You can’t be riding the high of romantic love non-stop."
Lovesick
chapter 11
The first
time I rode Superman Escapes at Movie World on the Gold Coast, I didn’t breathe
for the three and half minutes it took to be catapulted and flung around the
track. I’ve never been back, and I probably shouldn’t go back.
I could chase
the thrill, but the pursuit of pleasure is not my chief occupation.
When my
sister informed me my dad had been diagnosed with terminal cancer, I can’t
describe how awful I felt. I don’t want to experience that again, although I
probably will. I could try to avoid it, but that isn’t possible. The evasion of
suffering is not one of my life goals either.
Life is
rarely a flat, straight highway to the horizon. Most of life is neither high,
nor low; it’s mundane, but there are always ups and downs, twists and turns. Sure
we would all prefer the non-routine times to be enjoyable, and it’s great when
they are, but sometimes they aren’t. Fun is good and necessary, but we can’t
have fun all the time. We can chase happiness and excitement, and try to avoid
sadness and hurt, but life inevitably contains all of these things. Love,
likewise, is both pleasurable and painful. Live wisely and considerately, and
be thankful.
