Past and Present

So I'm pretty new to the whole blogging scene, but I guess I might as well start somewhere. I've never really seen the point of putting all of my thoughts onto the internet for everyone to read and consider, which makes this is an interesting concept for me. Not to put down blogs at all, I definitely think they're entertaining and can be insightful, but it's just never been my thing, so this will be a totally new experience for me.

That said, there is essentially nothing I would rather blog about than the broad topic of courtship and love. There are so many directions to take it, so many opinions to consider, and ultimately so much to say about it. Love- its the true connection with another person, the feeling that you never want to be without them, the physical attraction to another person, and the one thing that most every person in the world strives to find throughout their life. This huge concept, however, comes only along with its predecessor- courtship. The process of attraction, of playing hard to get, of dating, the process of falling for someone in a way you never thought possible, and essentially, the process of courting someone with thoughts of a future in mind. This process can be interpreted in countless ways depending on the outlook of the individual, which is what I want to focus on in this blog- the varying mindsets that not only shape one's view of courtship and love itself, but also the way that those mindsets affect the people around them.

I figure a good basis to this topic is to think about quotes from varying people throughout society on the topic of love and courting. I've always been one of those people that will sit and read quote upon quote just to give me something new to think about and I feel like each quote truly presents an individual mindset. Take a quote by Kimberly Adams for example, in which she says, "The more I study history, the more I realize people are the same. The same issues come up again and again. In terms of marriage, relationships and courtship, it's all basically the same." Now this presents a view that throughout history, in all the years and in every individual society, courtship has been based upon the same concept. What concept is that? What is it that makes each society have its own ritualistic way of courting? Whether that concept is based on religion, on the sexual desire, on the feeling of an intellectual connection with someone, or anything for that matter, what determines what a person is looking for? Adams' quote seems to present the question of what it is that causes people to get together through the act of courting, and in the end, if it really is all the same. That question is definitely something to think about.