- Novice Monk: [Looking at the Master with curiosity] Master! Do you need a reason to like someone?
- Master: Is it really necessary…?
- Novice Monk: No reason at all?
- Master: Sigh softly… There are moments when no reason is needed. Times when you can’t help yourself, when there’s no permission required. It’s like hiding something in the chest—just quietly tucking away a bit of love in my heart for no particular reason.
- Novice Monk: [A bit confused, but intrigued] If there’s no reason, how do we understand why we love someone?
- Master: Love isn’t always something that can be understood. Sometimes, it’s a feeling that lives deep within us, like the sky or the stars. We don’t question why the sky is vast or why the stars shine—they simply do. Love, too, can be that simple.
- Master: It’s not about seeking logic in every connection. Love that needs a reason is a love based on conditions. But love that grows without a reason? That’s the kind of love that touches us deeply. It exists in its purest form, without question, without judgment.
- Novice Monk: [Nods, reflecting on the words] So, love just is—it doesn’t need a cause or a reason to exist?
- Master: Yes. Love doesn’t need to be justified. It simply is, in the way that a river flows or the moon rises. It’s something that fills the heart, without permission, without explanation. Sometimes, the most powerful things are the ones we can’t explain. Love is one of them. It doesn’t need to be understood—it simply needs to be felt.
Love, or affection, doesn’t always follow logic or reason. It manifests as something spontaneous, instinctive, and sometimes beyond our control. There are times when love simply exists, without needing any explanation.
There are moments when love or affection appears effortlessly, almost irrationally, like a precious secret—perhaps even forbidden or unspoken—nestled quietly within the heart, without needing permission or justification.
Love doesn’t always ask for a reason—it simply appears. In its quiet presence, we find that the most beautiful connections are the ones we cannot explain.
Have you ever felt those emotions?
