Rules of Engagement

As social beings, humans have become accustomed to controlled environments, civilized behavior, order and balance - anything beyond the realm of the regular, is absurd and well unnatural. At first, the comfort of knowing how one's day will go is quite welcome. But i believe as people we have taken this sketch pen and gone into territories that should have been left well alone.

The reference here is to such books as - "Learn to love", "Get the love of your life", "Love for Beginners". There is an entire sub culture of authors and groups that are dedicated to giving you the 'dope' on getting into the relationship of your dreams. To make matters worse, there is popular beliefs, fueled by Movies and Television, a whole industry that is pushing people to believe that holding your gaze a certain way, or befriending her best friend will get you your girl.

Any scientific rule or law is prefixed by a disclaimer - "Under ideal conditions" or "All other coditions remaining constant". The application does not hold true if a variable is introduced. When you think about it, with regard to love, every element is a variable, nothing is constant and there are way too many influencing factors.

So why do we buy into these fantasies, that if we follow a given set of rules we should get our love. Its back to the original thought, we(people, human beings, morons) cannot surmise a world without control. A world that doesn't run on rules, least of all ours.

I say enough of this crap, these rules of engagement be,

open your eyes and truth shall set you free,

the treasure you seek has no bloody map,

just fall with abandon in to the god forsaken gap

Patience...dear friend....patience