A World of Irony

Ironic Pain

Isn't it ironic that we do tend to hurt those we love?

Seems like we either get too familiar or just callous. After all, we've already won the girl, so now we can focus on ourselves again. Or with your immediate family, you're kind of stuck with them, and you don't have to work to keep them, so you hurt them by focusing only on what you care about. Same's true for fruits and flowers. It's not until you crush it that it really starts to smell sweet. And even that's in our own interests, not really those of the plant involved.

Maybe it's because we all tend to be insensitive when we think there's nothing to lose. We're oblivious of the pain we cause, just like Lennie in Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men. He thought the mice he found in the field we soft and cuddly so he'd squeeze them and kill them. Innocent, but he caused pain because of his love. Something to think about.

You always hurt the one you love
The one you shouldn't hurt at all.
You always take the sweetest rose
And crush it till the petals fall.
You always break the kindest heart
With a hasty word you can't recall.
So if I broke your heart last night
It's because I love you most of all.
- Michael Buble

posted by Karl Richter @ 4/14/2005 05:26:00 PM