Love - I fell in once and I never looked up again

I came when God decided to send me here and I will leave when he wants me out of here.

Life is as ephemeral as snow in the Sun but it is much more lovely than one can ever imagine. It then becomes an imperative to every person given this wonderful opportunity to experience it to the full extent that one can. What better a way can anyone think of doing this than being in the most pure form of life itself.

It is the most rewarding feeling of all. People call it by different names - Kaadhal, sneham, ishtam, pyaar - multiple forms of the same emotion - yes, an emotion - I prefer to call Love. It is like the morning dew on the ripe fallen leaves that have no hope of going back to the tree they were once with. It's like the dusk sky - embellished in pure red and orange, it's like the spectacle of a beautiful Sunrise, it's like the cool breeze blowing through one's hair. A refreshing yet humbling emotion.

Falling in love was the most fortunate thing that happened to me. It was not easy. I had spent 23 straight years of my life without falling in love. A very very long time, considering the average human life expectancy. It eludes you as if you didn't even exist, but when it hits you, the ground under suddenly slips away and you are totally swept off your feet and there is no one around to grab hold of and then it happens - You Fall ...face first.....heart first....no senses.....no consciousness and then you realize that you have fallen............ In love.

The most surprising thing about this sweeping fall is that it feels wonderful and you'd wish never to get up..... let alone stand and walk. You float. Books seem immaterial..... food becomes tasteless....if you have hunger in the first place. You grow wings and fly off in a direction you call Love.

She was the most beautiful girl I had seen till then. Now..... after 4 years..... she stuns me with her beauty like I had met her just a moment ago. Describing someone so beautiful is not an easy job in itself, let alone falling in love with her. I should have been really good in my previous lives.... I have really no clue when.... but yes.... i should have been, considering that God blessed me with her.

It was difficult really to believe that love would actually come after me.... a change from the usual way of running after it. All I knew after that was that I was neck deep in love and was that feeling great......don't ask.....I am out of words. I didn't know whether I was headed in the right direction...I didn't have a choice once all my direction boards began pointing in one direction. A leap of faith and Here I am .... after many years... still wondering how much could I love her more as each day passes by.

I know one thing for sure..... if I was to love someone..... it was none other than her and she has been the most valuable possession ever in my live.

It is a wonderful ecstasy.... this love. Fall in it and you would know why.