Love stories: do they really exist or is it just a fragment of imagination?

Actually I was thinking about it @ the gym while cycling a while ago. I am so thankful I have my iPod, but I really wished the gym has a wi-fi so I can just posted my write-up instead of typing it again!!!

Anyway, I grew up with fairy tales. Cinderella, Beauty n the Beast, Snow White, The Little Mermaid... Name others, I am gonna love each one of them all!! The good thing about fairy tales is that, in the end of each n every story, the characters lived happily ever after... from the mice to teapots, candles stand to a cup! So I was basically corrupted with this thinking, its a happy world out there.. Little did I know... Reality actually BITES! *grrr*

Before assuming that I am going to be bitter about LOVE, undying LOVE and more LOVE... lemme tell you my secret (some mite have already guess) I am actually a HOPELESS ROMANTIC. Dunno what it means, google dem! I am actually pretty weak in the subject of love, and I do wish they taught us last time in school. Human's feelings are sacred!

In the past few days, I've read, listened and saw the acclaimed love stories. There are plenty out there! Sometimes it makes me a bit wishful... Can't I be the lucky cast in that wonderful stories instead?

Honestly speaking, I was a bit jealous of the made up character. Y can't it be me instead? Have you ever asked that? Correct me if I am wrong here.. but aren't all if not some girls (I bet guys do too) do wish to find their perfect match? Like Romeo and Juliet, Cinderella and Prince Eric, Lady and Tramp... a person who we called soulmate. Do dey even exists?

Rest assured, you are not the only one asking... everyone did ask! Let me tell you dis, yes dey do exists. "Manusia di cipta berpasangan" (Humans are created in pairs). This is what I am being told and I am very confident with this.

Rasulullah SAW bersabda mafhumnya : " Manusia Hawa dijadikan daripada rusuk manusia Adam, bukan dari kepalanya untuk menjadi atasnya, bukan dari kakinya untuk menjadi alasnya, malah dari sisinya untuk menjadi teman hidupnya, dekat dengan lengannya untuk dilindungi dan dekat di hatinya untuk dicintai ". (Prohet Muhammad (PBUH)'s sabda "Eve was created from Adam's spinal, not from his head so she can controlled, not from the foot so she can be a slave, but from his side so that she can be the other half, close to his arms so she can protected, close to his heart so she can be loved.")

Beautiful don't you think? I heard from a ceramah by Dr Fadzillah Kamsah, from the birth of a girl to the world, a mate has already been decided for her. And for me that is good enough, to call him a soul mate.

I watched "He's not just into you" last nite. What an eye opener! The movie has a point. I mean, y do girls ever question 'do he like me?' and I am asking dis to my self as well. According to that movie.... and I conclude the message it is trying to say is 'If that guy wants u bad enough, just sit back and let him do the samba!' hehhe I just want to put samba in, cos it wud be cool if he actually did samba for u. Relatively speaking, to the guys, its the same I guess. But its easier to send this message to the girl, cos I think girls are more prone to fall for the heart not the looks. I am not just saying dat because I am a girl... but because someone told me about this. See.. Research!

Anyway, to my understanding y this can be applied to both girls and guys, is because its like buying a good shoe. (I don't want to put beautiful shoe because it might contradict my statement above). Ok so one day you went to the shop trying to find a shoe. Without having in mind what you are looking for, you found the perfect pair. It is not as pretty as the one next to it, but u just know that its perfect with your red hand bag. (I want one!!). You looked at the price and its kinda pricy so you decided... maybe next time. You went home but u were yearning. You think about that shoe day and night and u just can't help it! YOU NEED TO GET THAT SHOE. The salary was not in yet (or maybe in some cases, the allowance) but u kinda worried that 'what if someone else gets that shoe?' so lets just try to see. Lucky, its still there. Day and nite you keep on going to the store to check it out. Even the store owner recognise you and try to coax you to buy it. But you say next time lahhh...

Then one day the shoe was gone!!! And you started to feel regretful, you should have done something about it instead of looking it from afar. You could have borrowed ur mum's money to buy it first... right? But you didn't.

So I think this apply to our life as well. We tend to get comfortable sometimes that we begin to forget, things may not remain there forever....

Right, Its a bit long today.. my blog. Apologies. I want to conclude something here:

- For me, love stories do exist! and they can be a fragment of imagination as well. BUT I do believe, if you started to think the way you imagine, it might come to live! Positive thinking can be a powerful thing.

- Love stories are not for all those sappy people. Its for everyone! We need a constant reminder that we need love and companionship in our lives. We're made that way. And its always a good feel booster. Sometimes we felt that we're always in the dump. Y can't I be the lucky one, you said. But after a good cry or a good laugh, it doesn't matter anymore. At least we're contented.

- IF there are something that we like or yearn to have.. do something about it. Dun just stand there and wish. WISH NEVER COME TRUE! You want something, you need to work on it. Even in Islam, we're taught that way. Before praying, you need to USAHA, work it out. After you did, keep on the Tawakkal and doa.

So my question to you, what are you going to do about the shoe?

I hope you enjoyed my post as I have enjoyed doing it.

Thanks for reading.. my 2 cents.