Thoughts about passion, love and commitment

First: I’m sorry. It’s really late, and I’ll not have the time to read through this again.  There will be many mistakes (as so often) I hope, my dear reader, this wont stop you understanding.

Recently my life starts to move upside down. The responsibility post was a first signe. There are more.

Number 1) In my head now: Love and attachment: This is a hard topic. Let’s  approach the question Yoda-style (O.K. – This is nerdy) the chain of arguments is as follows:

Love leads to attachment, attachment leads to fear, fear leads to anger, and anger leads to hate.

Does anyone agree? Disagree? I like the line. Right now, I keep on trying my old style: loving and not attaching. This is somehow not working. I don’t want to be jealous, fearfull or angry. How can you solve this? Almoust impossible. Next week more on this – the second thing is much better

Number 2) I thougt about passion. Passion is not loud.

It’s supersilent and in the beginning of an idea it’s nothing but the whisper, which, if spoken out to loudly flies aways- Passion is following your ideas and maybe values (what an horrible word). Following until the end, and sacrificing anything for them – even yourself. Everybody who believes passion is represented by salsa-dancing guys with white opened shirts or in a shouting and screaming fight with your boy/girlfriend, is – sorry to say – wrong.  Shouting and screaming can be an expression of passion, of course, but they are not passionate itself.  Passion is silence: a guy that is doing his job with intimate love for the detail, quietly but stubbornly. Passion is the guy who works to make his living and cuts sleeps to get to his hobby. The girl who follows her ideas even if her family and all her friends hate her for doing so.

Austria is not a passionate country – but not because people don’t scream or show there emotions.

Austria is not a passionate country,  because people don’t follow their ideas to the end. And before they even try, they fall in compassion for themselves.  Statistics say: “This wont work” was the most used phrase in this country from 1938 until today.  People see stones on the way  or cliffy passages as problems, never as chances.  They are afraid to loose the tiny nothing in their hands for a new experience.

For the lyric lovers: Lyrics about passion – to be honest – listening to the song is much better – and they don’t really fit the text.

In diesem Freibad, das sie Leben nennen
Lernt man als Bademeister praktisch jeden kennen
Bevorzugte Stile sind Brust oder Kraul
Doch auch dafür sind viele zu lustlos und faul
Machen die Boje, lassen sich treiben
Würden bis sie schrumplig sind im Nassen drin bleiben
Ich hol’ sie gern raus, doch kann das nicht entscheiden
Außerdem kommt noch dazu kann ich Wasser nicht leiden
Und sollt’ ich doch einmal ins Becken springen
Dann nur, um dich aus dem Schlamassel wegzubringen
Ich hab’ unterm rechten Arm ‘n Rettungsring
Und mit dem linken mach’ ich einen auf Schmetterling
Egal wie fett es klingt, es ist ‘ne starke Droge
Und davon loszukommen bleibt ‘ne harte Probe
Ich schwimm nicht mehr, check meine Garderobe
Da findest du alles, nur keine Badehose

Ja, ich schwimmte, schwamm und schwomm
Bin endlich angekommen
Hab endlich wieder Land gewonnen
Endlich Nichtschwimmer, schmeiß an den Song

Man könnte meinen ich hätt’s jetzt erst gerade entdeckt, tja
Doch Chlorwasser hat immer schon so fade geschmeckt, tja
Ich sitz auf meinem Turm, hab’ die Lage gecheckt, tja
Und fühl’ mich dabei wohl wie die Made im Speck, tja
Ich sag es direkt: Auch ich hing im Wasser rum
Es klingt unfassbar dumm doch bestimmt ist das der Grund
Dass mir die Sache heute stinkt wie ‘n nasser Hund
Ich bin endlich Nichtschwimmer, tschik-e-tsching derassabumm

~ by zkar on June 14, 2009.

2 Responses to “Thoughts about passion, love and commitment”

  1. Hmm.. Loving and not attaching. We’re looking for the same thing because attachment will inevitably lead to disappoint and hurt. However, not sure it’s really possible because human nature is to claim and label the things they want. So you want someone, you love them, you will want to claim them and will no doubt get jealous if someone else is stepping into your territory.

    And very true about passion. It’s a blinding feeling, like nothing else matters. The majority of people no longer understand passion. It’s been overshadowed by reason and fear.

  2. …thank u brother.
    thoughts that I will think on and on an on
    *

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