By Amalia Theocharidou,
After a lot of thought, I decided to bring to life a piece I’ve been wanting to write for a long time. Being a romanticist myself, I happen to love conceptual theories and everything that revolves around it: movies, analyses, anything that can give me this much food for thought, a way to perceive things differently, and appreciate something that might’ve been taken for granted. Basically, a conceptual theory is another way to see the world, it’s adding a bit more to our perspective, based on pure psychological and sociological observations.
Going a bit further into the matter, I am going to introduce my favorite theories that have changed the way I feel about life, but also my thinking process.
The red string theory
This is my favorite theory about destiny. Originating from Asian mythology, this claiming gives promises of unconditional and totaly, purely, romantic love. Simply, the red string theory claims that when a person is born, they have an immediate invisible red string on their pinkies, tying them with their soulmate, no matter where they are. As one’s life evolves, the string can be tangled, stretched, but never broken, supporting the profound meaning of destiny. You can even cross paths with them, but you’ll only meet them when it’s right. No matter where life brings you, you’ll always be connected to your other half. The red string theory actually brings comfort to waiting. It gives us a chance to sit back and just trust the process of timing. Someone out there is waiting for us, and that someone is a person that’s solely bonded with us.
A Japanese folklore actually says the myth of a young boy, who, while returning, met an old man who revealed to him that his destiny was attached with a red string to a little girl, that’d be his wife. The boy, buffled, found the girl and threw a rock at her, not wanting to marry her. Years later, when he was a man, he married one of the greatest beauties of his village. When the bride raised her veil, he noticed a scar on her eyebrow. Asking her, he found out that when she was young, a boy had thrown a rock at her, showing how the couple was destined to meet, but just at the right time.
The burnt toast theory
This theory has just been starting to get attention from social media. The burnt toast theory basically consists of a hypothetical scenario. You wake up in the morning and you’re making breakfast, when suddenly you realize you’ve burned your toast. When this happens to you, you’re so frustrated you’ll have to make it again. But when you exit your house, you see a car crash a bit down the street. If you hadn’t burnt your toast and were a minute earlier, this would’ve been you. This theory preaches how good things can come from bad experiences, how you can always have something positive to look out for and how something so insignificant can actually change your life.
These insights have radically changed the way I perceive things, making life more meaningful and enjoyable. Conceptual theories can just add a bit of romanticizing in your life, or just allow you to take a step back, relax, appreciate the little things, and just trust yourself.
References
- Discovering the Magic of the Red String Theory. Binus University. Available here
- The red string of fate. Medium. Available here
- The Burnt Toast Theory. Medium. Available here
