relationships
"We're not as young as we were, and are bodies are a bit softer. There isn't the same burning passion, but there is something, and I'd say it's something stronger than passion. Relationships are like a forged blade. At first, the fire burns red hot, and everyone around can see and feel the heat. People are envious of that heat, but the truth is, a blade must be cooled and tempered to reach its full strength. The tough times in a relationship are the waters that strengthen the blade."
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"Relationships are just two people constantly asking each other what they want to eat, until one of them dies"
"Out of the hundreds of analogies I saw these past few weeks, one stuck with me. A nurse emailed saying that she used to work with a lot of geriatric patients. And one day she was talking to a man in his late-80s about marriage and why his had lasted so long. The man said something like, "relationships exist as waves, people need to learn how to ride them." Upon asking him to explain, he said that, like the ocean, there are constant waves of emotion going on within a relationship, ups and downs - some waves last for hours, some last for months or even years. The key is understanding that few of those waves have anything to do with the quality of the relationship - people lose jobs, family members die, couples relocate, switch careers, make a lot of money, lose a lot of money. Your job as a committed partner is to simply ride the waves with the person you love, regardless of where they go. Because ultimately, none of these waves last. And you simply end up with each other."
METAMIA is a free database of analogy and metaphor. Anyone can contribute or search. The subject matter can be anything. Science is popular, but poetry is encouraged. The goal is to integrate our fluid muses with the stark literalism of a relational database. Metamia is like a girdle for your muses, a cognitive girdle.