11.08.2016
Love Without Benefit(s)
Few days ago, my friend told me she found a quote and for me, it's an interesting one. This quote goes on like this: "If a man doesn't want a relationship, don't give him relationship benefits."
Sounds right.
Wait--but, what kind of benefits a relationship can provide you with? Assurance? Security? Affection? The feeling of being wanted? I think everyone has different perception on this thing called relationship benefits.
Jujur saja, ketika teman gue mengatakan kutipan tersebut, gue seketika langsung mengingat produk asuransi, produk perbankan, dan segala hal yang berbicara tentang "jika Anda menjadi nasabah kami, Anda akan menikmati manfaat ini itu itu ini..." dan kemudian kita akan memilih bank atau asuransi mana yang memiliki manfaat yang kita pikir paling baik dan sesuai dengan yang kita butuhkan.
Apakah sebuah hubungan bekerja dengan cara demikian? Gue yakin setiap orang punya pendapat yang berbeda lagi tentang hal ini.
Well, I don't want to talk about this so-called relationship benefits and its correlation with boys-girls relationship or I will at the end of this post.
Satu hal lain yang gue pikirkan adalah apakah ketika mencintai kita, Tuhan mempertanyakan "Apa manfaat yang bisa Saya dapatkan dari menjalin hubungan dengan kamu?"
Seringkali aja gue bukannya "memberikan manfaat" buat Dia, tapi justru mengecewakanNya dengan berbagai hal.
But still, His love remains. And it never fails. Sometimes I think that probably He is ready with all the consequences when He decided to show His love to this world by coming as a human. He probably always ready to love without expecting benefits. The question is... do we as ready as He is to love without expecting benefits?
Before I posted this online, I asked some of my friends regarding their opinion about this. Some of them thought benefits are important to a relationship and one of them said to me "Honestly, we must have this unconditional love. To love without seeking benefits. But, still, people live and seek for it because we still want to fulfill what we need and what we want."
I pondered and talked to myself, "Probably, benefits are what we provided automatically when we love others."
Well this is just me blabbering over a quote and pouring what I've been pondering about.
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