Many of the people, certain not all, in Second Life are there because there is something missing in their lives. Companionship, fellowship, conversation, need to experience other cultures but no means to do that in Real Life, a shoulder to cry on, a person to laugh with, to display abilities that their Real Lives does not allow them to bring to the forefront, an ability to hide behind an avatar and be who they feel they want t be and of course a lack of love in their lives.
Reading so many profiles gives me a prospective into all these things and in fact they all exist within my own circle of friends in Second Life. But an underlying theme, in so many profiles, is a search for a meaningful relationship. This is never more evident then in the words written into profiles after one partners, finds someone special or loses someone special.
I found these 2 quotes last week. They ring true in a real world sense but as everything else they carry over into Second Life.
If you ever find yourself in love with two people choose the second one, for if you were truly in love with the first there would have never been a second.
~~Unknown Author
I know that there are many people that have found themselves in this situation. The truth is in the written word here. The hypothesis,,,'Why a second love if I have a first'. Seems the answer is so simple;;'Because the first was not the love you sought'. But as we all know LOVE is not simple. It is not easy. And it is not logical. God help us as Love is the goal we seek, the pain we receive and hopefully the prize we win.
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.
~~Helen Keller
I love this quote and who better to have uttered these words than Helen Keller. The application to Second Life is striking. We do not touch each other or see each other in our real form. When we meet someone special in Second Life; it is all feelings through our hearts not our bodies. Not our eyes. Not because of some preconceived idea of what the correct mate must look like or do for a living. It is all immaterial. All the trappings of an upward bound, financially settled and socially accepted relationship are nothing more than Real Life shit. Left behind when we click the log on button.
Whew!! Night the social commentator!! Tomorrow I better find some really fun stuff so yo'all don't think I have been taken over by the ghost of some long dead philosopher. Although I do look very good in a toga.
Loves Ya
Night
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