"Out of sight, out of mind" vs.
"Absense makes the heart grow fonder"?

Hmm...not too sure what to blog about today...but I really wanna make a new entry. Humans are a fascinating lot aren't we? Is it possible to be so madly in love with someone in the past, but have absolutely no feelings whatsoever anymore? Been watching "My Name is Kim Sam Soon"... gonna complete the whole series soon. It's really funny and cute, but what intrigued me was how Jin Hun, the male lead, could suddenly regain his feelings for his first love and then the next moment realises that he had fallen in love with Sam Soon. Perhaps it's like what my colleague said, when Hee Jin (the first love whom I think is really pretty, charming and fun) came back after leaving for the States for three years without any phone call whatsoever, all the memories came back to Jin Hun and he thought and assumed that he still loved her...or apparently so. Subsequently, he realised that the one he really liked was Sam Soon. After thinking about what my colleague hypothesised and reflecting on it, I guess it's possible. You can be so attached to someone in the past, but absence does not make the heart grow fonder, human feelings are not like God's love for us--constant and everlasting--they waver...they can fade. Memories no matter how strong they are can only trigger nostalgia, but they can be buried deep in the heart and never resurface to see the light again. We're all so spoilt for novelty. Check out the Straits Times and you'll see tons of adverts promoting different sorts of mooncakes--healthy ones w/ strawberry yoghurt and muesli, local faves like chempedek and durian, ice-cream-filled ones like sticky choc and old fashioned vanilla. Sometimes when you know someone so well, spending time with that person becomes so predictable and in worse situations, boring. Are all romantic relationships bound for that outcome? Maybe that's why relationship experts always suggest that couples occasionally inject some novelty (I mean new activities...don't think 'crooked' please) into their relationship by doing something different. Relationships require effort...."out of sight, out of mind"...especially when there are other fun stuff keeping you occupied. Am I adopting a very morbid outlook toward relationships? Anyways, one thing for sure is that some human relationships can be very circumstantial--ammenable to change by situational factors--but God will never sever ties with us. He's unchanging and His unceasing love endures forever. Whatever it is, relationships require effort, be it human or divine. With God, we need to seek Him daily in our quiet time, praise and worship at church, through good times, through trials and tribulation...With humans, it's spending time together and expressing our affection for each other through words and actions. As long as God is in the picture, He can be the cement between the couple and seal their relationship as one. Obedience to God is the essence to a lasting romantic relationshipbetween a Christian couple. Well, going to finish watching the Korean drama serial...the first ever I've completed...really like it. Am a 'Sam Soon' fan now--she's simply hillarious!