Opposites..

Today I was reading comics and leant something from the story. Many would have say comics are not exactly educational materials but sometimes, there are some lines that really hit home. In one of the story, the characters were discussing what is the opposite of love and they conclude is hate. What is the opposite of marriage and the answer is probably familiarity turns to ignoring. The couple gets so used to each other that after a long time together, there is the loss of the passion that got them together in the first place. Well someone said at a course I attendee recently that one of the reasons that marriages broke down nowadays is due to the breakdown of communication between the husband and the wife. This breakdown in communication can be due to kids because there are so busy trying to provide the best for their children that they have found no time on their own and to do things they would do together. Ultimately when the children are grown up and have a life of their own, the parents will be left with each other. Will they have anything to say to each other besides the children? Hmm.. yes and no? I don want to answer!

The other thing from the comic is how do you know whether you like someone? The answer comes clear when you are able to spot that special someone no matter where you are even in a crowd or a busy street. A sense of familiarity or a detection of that person's hormone/ smell from afar? In some studies they have shown that a person like someone because of the hormone/ smell released from the person's body. This is probably the reason why some animals find their own by smell. There are of course other theories but I m not going to discuss them here.

From words of wisdom from Daisaku Ikeda - "Never for an instant forget the effort to renew your life, to build yourself anew. Creativity means to push open the heavy, groaning doorway of life itself. This is not an easy task. Indeed, it may be the most severely challenging struggle there is. For opening the door to your own life is in the end more difficult than opening the door to all the mysteries of the universe."