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the paradox of love

this evening i watched an old woody allen movie on tv titled "crimes and misdemeanors", and its been a while since i was so amazed by a movie... the moral dilemmas encountered by the characters is placed side by side with a religious argument & pro-life philosopher, neither of which gives answers to what the characters should do, but rather throw us into deep thought....

a couple of lines that really stuck out for me was by the pro-life philospoher, who ironically committed suicide later in the film:

“When we fall in love, we are seeking to re-find all or some of the people to whom you were attached as children. On the other hand, we ask our beloved to correct all the wrongs that these early parents or siblings inflicted on us. So, love contains in it the contradiction, the attempts to return to the past and the attempt to undo the past.”

“We're all faced throughout our lives with agonizing decisions, moral choices. Some are on a grand scale, most of these choices are on lesser points. But we define ourselves by the choices we have made. We are in fact the sum total of our choices.”

he speaks of the paradox of love, of how we want to return to the past, and how we wish to correct the things that have made us who we are today.... he also spoke about how love and human warmth was the only thing that made the world a livable place, because in reality the real world is a very hash and cold place....

final say: watch the movie...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimes_and_Misdemeanors