Asymptotes... So Profound

I got a forwarded message recently which really caught my attention.

Math tells us three of the saddest love stories: Tangent lines who had one chance to meet and then parted forever.

Parallel lines who were never meant to meet.

And Asymptotes who can get closer and closer but will never be together.

Those who met just once and parted forever - this sounds fairy tale to me. The first encounter is beautiful - if it's the only one time then it's the most precious. Probably people just tend to feel that what you don't get is the most valuable isnt it, 'parted foerver' is such a heavy term. And they would feel challenged and will keep on searching and insisting till their last breath. It will soon be such a biggie that you'll give up anything for a second time. If you're not greedy, then probably once is enough for you to treasure till the end. But then, it can't be blamed. Who can tolerate the harsh reality.

I used to think that the 2nd 'those who were never meant to meet' is the most pathetic. Which reminds me of the sun and the moon. Yes they were never meant to meet, absence makes the heart grows fonder. But eventually, people will get use to the distance, the space. You dont see it, you dont feel it. Probably there will come a time that you get used to not seeing, not feeling, and everything just becomes a habit, a cycle, a part of life. So what now if it's not there, probably there is some pain, but that pain will diminish over time. In the end, the flames are going to die down, to fumes, to ashes. Everything might just end up landing a minute but special spot in your heart, nothing more nothing less.

The last one struck me - those who get closer and closer but will never be together. Whoever thought of this is a genius! I never thought of using asymptotes to describe the most tragic and melancholic of all sorrow. The most annoying fact probably is that something you see and feel everyday, something that you get to like over time with a force that seems to bind you together intangibly, well that something is just lovely to behold but will never be yours. 'Closer and closer' means most of the elements are working to your advantage, but probably there is a single unknown element left out, and that sole stigma is just there to stop you, haunt you for the rest of your earthly existence. What a nightmare, and it's crazy. Unless if you're a martyr, you can handle this and say something like 'I'm satisfied'. But then again, most of us are just normal human beings who are capable of love and hatred, who wants nothing less but more and more.

Such a profound fallacy. :)