In Love Alone - Grasshopper

I heard a line in an old song over the weekend: “I’m in love alone.”

It struck me that it could pertain to a relationship or an ideal.

Regarding a relationship, it could mean only one person in that union is in love and suggests the other isn’t. Sad story.

And if you’re in love with an ideal that few others love, it can be an uphill climb. What’s considered perfect by you is not to a large majority of others.

It takes tons of intestinal fortitude to go against the tide. 

But I think there’s a difference between bullheadedness and a personal sense of certitude. 

Bullheaded people ignore facts to the contrary and just plow ahead and loudly proclaim they’re right without evidence.

The person with conviction looks at all the evidence and points out the pieces of it that many choose to ignore, simply because it doesn’t line up with their theory. 

I’m reminded of what Dr. Dave Dobson said in his authoritative voice: “Theory is bullshit and defending your theory is bullshit squared.” Dave had little time for postulating on something that couldn’t be validated.

I consider myself to be a friendly iconoclast: a skeptic of what many claim to be the “God’s honest truth.”

Real truth has no opposite. If someone has genuine facts to the contrary, it’s prudent, in my opinion, to consider them, not dismiss them because they don’t line up with your ideal.

I’ve accepted I’m “in love alone” on the opposite side of some accepted norms. But I’m not going to arm wrestle with you, only steer clear of a pointless argument that leads to a destructive storm.

All the best,