Don't Fall in love. Rise in love.

I've never been in love. Or as per trend, I must say

I've never fallen in love.

 It was around one, noon; another Friday and I took an off from school that day (reasons: exhaustion ,breakdowns ,study time etc.). After a long study session, I thought of taking a break. So I went through my phone for 10 minutes and came across this beautiful quote:

I don't want to fall in love anymore. I only want to rise in love.

What do you say when your friend has been talking about this one girl the whole week? Or when she is just not able to keep her eyes off him? Or when that guy has been staring for whole class, and that eye contact just sent chills down your spine?

I've never been in love. But if you'd ask me, I'd say that he has fallen in love.

Since years we've been using this phrase, it is quite normal. Daily language. English. So normal that now we have a pick up line, which says:

I think I forgot to tie my laces, and now I think I am falling for you.

Funny.

This quote interprets the word "fall" in its literal sense. Falling. Going down. Descending. Drop. Sad. Collapse. The Mr. Unknown says this because people tend to treat the person they love as a weakness. Watched Bollywood films? Those ones, where there is a hero, and his only weakness is his fiancee. The villain discovers the weakness and kidnaps her. Dumb hero (yes, the hero wins in the end, but he shouldn't have treated her as a weakness in the first place, whatever dumb hero)
We obviously do not realize when we do that. It is human nature. Our very own damages. Fall while in love is what I call this.
Don't you think it is a coincidence that we actually use "fall"in love to describe this messed up feeling? Or who knows the person who invented (or whatever,found) the phrase had actually gone through the whole fall and weakness thingy?

Further, the quote says:

Rise In love.

You might wonder what that means? Very simple. (and now this sentence is going to sound the weirdest one:) You need to fall for someone who makes you rise. A person whom you'd treat as your strength and power. Around whom you feel positive, creative and at your best self. They are your pure strengths. Always with you. Nobody can shake you while you two share a relationship. Also being the chemistry kid, that person should be your carbon. You two should have a hydrogen bonding among you. You grow, create and nurture together.
That's about the quote. But it also carries a lesson with it.

The lesson: Similarly, you need to choose the people around whom you want to stay wisely. It might just not be about your dates but also your friends, team mates and environment. You are your surroundings. If you treat it as a weakness, you'll become one too. If you choose to treat them as a strength, you'll become one soon. Simple. Not rocket science.

Also, I think they should change the pick up line:

Hey, are you Red Bull? Because you give me wings to rise in love with you.

by Saniya Sethi
(deep apologies for the bad humor)

hey, read this too: a poem on OCD