Mad for Love
Imagine flying over a city, a town, a special place, as the plane door opens and you feel a sharp gust of air blow across your face. You’re terrified and hold the door tightly with your gloves as your legs tremble and hands sweat you, thank God for the gloves. You take a deep breath and jump. For a second you do not feel your breath, you don’t think or react, and you note that your face is contorted. The wind speed deforms the skin on your face, and unable to scream you fall at an unimaginable speed, your eyes gaze at the fast approaching ground. When you start to realize what you’re doing, you pull the cable and pray that the parachute deploys as it should. And suddenly, your body rises and you begin to descend slowly. Your only hope from there down is that the person you expected reads the statement tacked on to the parachute.

That, gentlemen, is an act of love, or rather, the act of someone who is mad for love. An act such as this is done for a specific reason, to draw attention to something special for that special someone who you love. But this isn’t just any special attention, it’s not buying her a rose or taking her to a movie, or even inviting him to spend a romantic weekend visiting the city of love and renting great apartments in Paris. No, this is the gesture that puts all your principles to the test. You’re performing an act that sets precedents, and certainly haven’t fallen into the trap of thinking twice, because of course, if you had, you wouldn’t be expressing your crazy love.
Worst of all, these acts don’t ensure your goal is reached; you can be risking your life for nothing, though should you die, your mourners can at least say you gave everything to someone. The truth is that there’s no need to jump from a plane to declare your love, apologize or any other reason, and it’s very important to finish you crazy love games alive if you wish to keep enjoying the affair. Using Romeo and Juliet or Thelma and Louise (say what they may, this couple represents crazy love than anyone!) doesn’t pay off. There’s no need to throw a precious Ford Thunderbird off a cliff to prove something. The important thing about being truly in love is to make your gestures with total conviction and hope that the person you want, knows and recognizes the sacrifices you’ve made.









