courage.

some people say that chocolate is the best medicine. others say that morphine is the best painkiller. what do you think? perhaps, writing is a pretty good (and cheaper) therapeutic option...

courage.

what does it bring to your mind? purple hearts? lions? a faceless stranger braving danger to save a girl who has fallen into a canal? unprotected sex with a prostitute? does it surface in a very dramatic way? or, is it really something that happens day after day, night after night?

it can be as simple as saying, "i love you". or the much-feared B-word. how complex is it? as a third party, it's easy to say anything. what if you're the person involved in making that statement? it's difficult to say anything of that nature without taking a step back and thinking of the best way to convey it. the words you can consider using, the way you can structure your words, the tone you can use... some people would say that if you had such a thought-process, you're not really in love (or, non-love, if you get what i mean). they say that love is necessarily irrational and there's no meaning in thinking. but that's not all to it.

it takes courage to say something like this, especially the B-word. courage to use those words you want to use, courage to use the intended tone, courage to bear the aftermath of it, courage to face up to reality. how do people bring themselves to do it so quickly and painlessly? maybe they are really over it, or they never regarded the relationship seriously... if not, i kinda find it hard to imagine how anyone having spent so much time with his/her other half could possibly feel indifferent...

not very coherent right now... have fun anyway! and good luck to all bio ppl for apps test (i shall go mug for it now)!