Captain Crush

I don't think there is anything in the world that gives me a greater high and more natural energy than a crush.  In fact, when I have a crush, I feel like I have super powers.  What if I am really an x-man who's mutant power is activated by my getting a crush on someone?  Maybe I am Captain Crush?  Faster than a text message, more powerful than an "I like" on facebook, able to use the "L" word in a single week.  <<play theme music>>

Having a crush has definitely been great inspiration for me at the gym.  I started lifting weights many years ago because I had a crush on someone, and it is still a great motivator for me today.  I find that crushes help motivate me to tackle anything challenging just so I have something good to talk about.  

I just wonder if there is a tradeoff?  Does the super energy come at the price of irrational feelings?  When I have a crush, sometimes it makes me capable of wanting to be with someone who's already in a relationship or imagining that it makes sense to date someone who lives really far away, or questioning the relationship I am already in -- and justifying this all in the name of what I think is LOVE.  But is love ever really rational?  Maybe that's what crushes are really good for?  Maybe the crush is supposed to make me irrational enough to fall in love, and give me the super energy to chase after it?

I know that I love having crushes.  I just hope that in true super hero fashion, I remember that with great power comes great responsibility and that I use my powers for good and not for evil.  Up up and away in the name of truth, crushes and the American way.

Comments

[Mike Shaffrey's blog]

My friend Al's awesome comment about this:

"The rush of a crush or (limerence) is so powerful that many peeople become addicted to it and so it becomes and end in itself, not a means to an end. As I learned, it takes a long time to figure out to manage it so it's a positive force in your life."

[Michael J Damp]

i love this blog....a crush is such a enormously powerful motivator in life...i find that so much of our lives are lived in our imagination and ignoring whether that is a good or bad healthy or unhealthy factor it is without a doubt inevitable and while you can only give so much practical credence to crushes or the life lived in our imagination ...there are somedays where it is the only thing worth living for

[Mike Shaffrey's blog]

Thank you Michael. I love the way you think.

[Brian Tomasio]

I'm following you here too..heck i think i would follow you anywhere :) <----- Thinks might have a crush on Mike :) Awesome story and I know the feeling a crush can be a great motivator to bring out the best in yourself..I know I've been guilty of that myself, the way I look at it, if it motivates you to better yourself, that's a great thing in my book! Keep up all that you do for whatever reason, I think you are awesome! :)