Love is wonderful?

我今日翻聽《The Rose》這隻歌時，腦裏忽然出了一個疑惑：愛情是美好的嗎?

Some say love, it is a river that drowns the tender reed.
Some say love, it is a razor that leaves your soul to bleed.
Some say love, it is a hunger, an endless aching need.
I say love, it is a flower, and you its only seed.

It's the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance.
It's the dream afraid of waking that never takes the chance.
It's the one who won't be taken, who cannot seem to give,
and the soul afraid of dyin’ that never learns to live.

When the night has been so lonely and the road has been too long,
and you think that love is only for the lucky and the strong,
just remember in the winter far beneath the bitter snows
lies the seed that with the sun's love in the spring becomes the rose.

「愛情」這樣東西，究竟是什麼?為什麼人們渴望愛情，但又怕被它傷害?最近宗教堂講的內容就是「愛情」，老師很強調愛和真愛這兩樣，她說了很多很多話，但我聽完還是不明白究竟「愛情」是什麼。據我所知道，很多小說、電視劇集、流行曲都喜愛以它為題，這些小說、流行曲等等都經常將「愛情」描寫得很悲哀、很痛苦。久而久之，在我腦海中「愛情」就是悲哀痛苦的，雖然是悲哀痛苦的，但最近又卻渴望遇到它。最近，經常與學校裏的一位老師接觸(Miss Chan啊!)她已結了婚，而且和她的丈夫一起工作的，奇怪的是他們真的十分很恩愛，就像一對熱戀中的情人。反觀自己的爸爸和媽媽，就...... 當看着爸爸和媽媽的時侯，我不想渴望遇到「愛情」，因為我會覺得「愛情」很麻煩和嘈吵；當我看着Miss Chan他們，我很想渴望遇到它，因為這時我會覺得「愛情」很溫暖和甜蜜!!!

( 我曾經問過一位小學的老師「愛情」是什麼，她說連她自己也不知道，只知道人會慢慢長大，當長大後或者會明白這一回事。我年紀還小，或者我日後會明白! )