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How To Obey One's Father, While Being True To Love and Oneself
By: Ophelia
Posted: 11/2/2013 12:58pm EST

When do we know when to listen to ones heart, but at the same time make the right choices by listening to others voices? Do we listen to the demands of our guardians? or is love what drives us to make better choices? Some of us are blinded by love, and I for one have experienced the treachery of being bashed by my own lover. I did not see what should have been sawn, because I was in the meadows cherping about how in love I was , instead I should have demanded myself to face reality and banished the thought of love. Love isn't mainly to blame in my defeat, but it is my kin who lead me down this path of sorrow. I have forgiven my blood who has led my dear Hamlet to go against me. In the end, it is I who would have to choose who I will keep dear in my heart, but to choose would be to become selfish. Instead of siding, I have discovered that, the only way to equally satisfy both sides, is by listens to ones heart, rather than listening what others desire.
My father, Polonius, may have spoken the words I could not bare to hear. How does one's father know if a man only wants you for your naked skin, but not for your love? Or it must of been I who have thought of being in love, but father views it as a young woman craving lust. Many young women my age are fooled of what we want deep down, and maybe it was my desire to caress my lovers bare skin that lead me to blind myself in believing it was love. I should have listened to father and Laertes, instead of allowing myself to lay my soul out to Hamlet to grab hold and clench. A kins advice should never be taken lightly, they themselves aren't blinded by what we cannot see, so trust that their words are what will guide you to open your eyes to see what kind of monster you are facing.
One shattered love will not be the end of your last days on earth because there are young men upon this earth that will sweep you

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