How The Media Shaped Your Idea Of Love
“Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth” — Ludwig Borne”
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Ever since you were a child you’ve been told a story:
That one fateful day you will find your true love and live happily ever after.
This idea goes as deep as an idea can go. For most, it’s a simple truth of life. Never to be questioned. Never to be held under scrutiny. Sacred.
But life is infinitely complex. And an idea this simple can never be completely true.
All ideas, no matter how beautiful, eventually create misery when they’re inaccurate.
When you layer your frame of the world on top of a false assumption, eventually fantasy and reality crash into each other. And the results can be catastrophic.
This is why your idea of romance needs to be based on reality, not fantasy.
In your formative years, your ideas of romance came from two possible places: 1. Your parents (Although this this is far from guaranteed) 2. The Media
