Is Love Enough?

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THEIR PASSION IGNITED WAR AND DESTROYED AN EMPIRE. - Helen of Troy

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      The love Paris and Helen had, was eternal. It was pure and true. But however indefinite their love seemed to go, fate was against them.
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       Helen’s coming to Troy brought about the destruction of the great city. Worst of all, the destruction was brought by someone who is ruthless and evil. Lives were lost. Families were destroyed. The future became uncertain as a ten-year war broke through. But is love enough to create such huge havoc? Is love enough to have the blood of innocent people be spilled for ones selfish gratifications?
        
        My answer is no. Love is not reason enough to do such monstrous things. "Love is more than three words mumbled before bedtime. Love is sustained by action, a pattern of devotion in the things we do for each other every day." [Nicholas Sparks]. Love makes someone become selfless and giving. But not selfless enough that the death of other people in your own hands means nothing. Loving someone means letting go no matter how much it hurts; no matter how much it kills you to see her happy with someone else.

     If I were Helen, would I go with Paris to Troy?
  
      Hard as it may seem to part ways with the one you love, my answer is NO. Escaping from your God-given fate is like venturing out into a raging fire without any protection. You would not know how it will turn out nor will you know what consequences lie ahead.You may end up being deeply hurt or worse, dead. 
  
     Love is not reason enough to make fast and hard decisions in life. It may be just the product of the delusions many passions bring. It clouds peoples' minds and makes them do things without thinking it through first.  

     When life offers you a choice so hard to decide upon, you cannot help but choose to follow your heart over your mind. It is the heart that doesn't think and the mind that doesn't love they say. But is it not better to live knowing that the future you are to face is safe and certain than take chances and put your future to jeopardy? 

     A long and happy life is enough to last you through a lifetime. And as Clytemnestra said in the movie, Helen of Troy, "Yes, they are hard men but it is possible to love them." Helen could have learned to love Menelaus if she hadn't rushed into eloping with Paris. Lives will be saved and Helen would not suffer emotionally the loss of the one she loved - Paris.

Love has a way of cheating itself consciously, like a child who plays at solitary hide-and-seek; it is pleased with assurances that it all the while disbelieves.
-George Eliot
Love starts with a hug, grows with a kiss, and ends with a tear.
-Anonymous
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