the gift of the magi.
One of the hundred of stories written by william sydney porter was the gift of magi. This is a stupendous story that tell us about how love can overstep certain limits that probably a materialistic word couldnt do it. the christmas night Della, one of the main characters, decides to cut off her beautiful and long hair to buy a watch chain for her husband's watch. on the other hand, her husband decides to sell his watch to buy her combs for her wonderful hair. At the end of it there was not present exchanges, just two faces shocked into trance but at the same time, two happy hearts to know they love each other so much.
Is it romantic? funny? silly? idealistic ? honest? Many people could have a different point of view of the story, but definitely, there is one in common: this show us something that we really would love having, a real love. somebody who be able to give us more than expensive details, a relationship full of adventures, honestly and so much love! when i read the story, the first thing that came into my mind was : yes , yes , very romantic but what ? when something like that is going to happen in the real life. It doesn't tell me anything to me because is not my story. Moreover, i ask myself again, what does love mean? does the other person need to give me his entire heart to make me fell happy?
After that i got that love goes beyond a simple promise for the rest of our life. Love is something people build every single day with their actions, their words , and their way to focus their own lives. Love is a relationship base on the respect for the other's opinion likes and decicions. Love doensn't mean to close the eyes and see through the other's eyes. It is to be able to reconize a whole world and be brave to decide a person we want to give, if not our whole life, at least a honest feeling until it be possible.
Many people can think it doesnt exist , but i see it every where. Love not necessarily implies a man or a woman. I see it for example, when ,the kids i take care , hug me and give me a smile every morning as soon as i wake up, or when i walk on the streets and a man helps a hurt dog because a car crashed on its leg, even when the moms, wifes, father, and sons of many kidnap people appear on the tv crying and protesting for their freedom. Those are just few example of love around the world that we see but at the same time we dont feel.
In conclusion, love doesn't have any color race or religion. Everybody is asking for a drop of it but we dont realize there is plenty of this in ourselves, in the other, that one that many times we reject because" is not the same as us". The story is a great excuse to remaind us one of the best human being still own: Love.
