Love and Marriage by Plato

I found this interesting article in a paper by Plato. Just wanna share it…

One day, Plato asked his teacher, “What is LOVE? How can I find it?”

The teacher answered, “There’s a large wheat field in front. Walk there without turning back, and take just one leaf. If you can find one leaf that you think is extraordinary, it means you have found love.”

So Plato walked…and not long after that, he came back empty-handed. The teacher asked him, “Why, you don’t bring any leaf?”

Plato said, “I can only bring just one leaf and when I walked through the wheat field I can’t turn my back. Actually I have found one extraordinary leaf, but I don’t know whether there’s anymore extraordinary leaf ahead, so I didn’t take that leaf. When I walked further, I realized that the leaves I found are not as extraordinary as I’ve found previously. In the end, I didn’t take any single leaf.”

Then the teacher told him, “So…that is LOVE…and you lost it!”

Another day, Plato asked his teacher again, “What is MARRIAGE? How do I know I have found it?”

The teacher answered, “There is a forest in front. Please walk there and don’t look back. You can only cut one tree, and cut the one that you think is the highest. Because that means you have found marriage.”

Plato walks there, and he came back not long after bringing one tree. The tree, however, is not a very good tree and not a very tall one, either. It’s just an ordinary tree.

The teacher asked him, “Why did you cut that kind of tree?”

Plato answered, “Because from my previous experience, after walking thru the wheat field, I came back with nothing. So this time, when I saw this tree which I think is not so bad, I decided to cut it and bring it here. I don’t want to risk loosing it again.”

And the teacher said, “Well …that is marriage. And you’ve found it!

Marriage is a continuity of love. The more you look for love, you will find nothing… Love is in your heart…the place where you can control your desire and your hope to find something better. When you have endless hope and wish of love, you will only get emptiness…because you won’t get anything and time cannot be turned back. Accept LOVE  for what it is.

My point of view:

It’s a process of having chances, and you choose the best option among all the alternatives.  Are you looking for a perfect match? I think, you only waste spending your life trying to find the perfect ‘one’.  Because there is no perfect person but you can make the marriage perfect. As long as you are determined to do so. Do what it takes to make it work.

Marriage is not as easy as I think. As I travel through life’s journey. There are conflicts, challenges, and difficulties in marriage. But give and take relationship is perfect. And give your partner a chance to grow. It takes work to keep a relationship happy and make it stronger. It is a choice to build a perfect marriage. So keep it up. There’s no turning back!