The Pont Des Arts is suffering from collapse. If you aren't familiar, the Pont des Arts is a place that people go...a bridge. They write their names on a padlock and lock it to the bridge before throwing their key into the Seine River as a sign of eternal love. It's a lovely sentiment and somewhere that I've always wanted to go. Apparently a section of railing collapsed under the weight of the padlocks. This is incredibly sad to me because lovers have symbolized THEIR eternal love by doing this act and now it's going to crap. Ironically I believe there is some symbolization within this sad event.
When you pile too much crap on ANYTHING, it falls apart. This is especially true with people. When you pile too much on them, they WILL collapse. You have to be able to balance the weight emotionally.
Even when intentions are best, you can cause more harm than good The reality is that most of the time, you aren't intending to be a jerk. Your intentions are good but it actually ends up causing bigger problems when you take things into your own hands.
Beautiful symbols are eternal regardless of what happens to them physically. This is true of people too. People will "fall apart" but when you love them and when you symbolize your love in your actions, your love for them remains eternal even when the physical part of it no longer stands.
and finally....
Love is more than a feeling...it's a choice. Love is not just something that you feel. Yes there IS a chemistry to your body that you definitely do feel when you're in love but it's not just about that. Love is about something bigger. It's about a choice that you make every day to make your lover feel happy and good about themselves.
My hope is that they can repair or rebuild this bridge and this tradition can go on. If not, though, I hope that lovers find another way to symbolize something amazing as this.
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