Blind love. Something I feel that we will all or have already experienced in life. In the book Siddhartha, by Herman Hesse, we get a clear example of what it is to love blindly. Siddhartha loves his son so strongly that it becomes blind love. Disrespect from his own son, someone who is supposed to be loving, has been accepted by Siddhartha. This made me reflect because I felt as if this is something people avoid talking about since it can become an emotional topic. Blind love is dangerous. At first, we believe that this liking for a person is harmless, and then we start seeing the little faults that the person has. But what do we tend to do about it? We disregard it, because we let it pass as one of the flaws we all have as humans. And then come the red flags, at this point we are so caught up on how great we think they are, that we see those red flags as just another flaw, we disregard them and don’t pay much attention. But they harm us. And we are willing to let it harm us because we just love them so much. We lose hours of sleep over them. If someone were to describe that situation to you before knowing this person or getting into some sort of commitment with them, you would probably think to yourself that it isn’t healthy. That you have standards, boundaries, and expectations that are the bare minimum and you would not let anyone cross. But when you are too emotionally invested with a person, you start putting your guard down, letting those boundaries slide. And that isn’t healthy. You let your love for this person go above self love which should be prioritized. And that is seen to a certain extent in the story. We see how Siddhartha runs back and shows so much love and care towards his son who could probably not care less. This was my personal reflection on this theme in the novel and my interpretation on how blind love plays a role in ourselves as people who are constantly developing and learning from our mistakes. If you are currently in a situation with someone you may love, reflect and think back on past events and details of your relationship with the person. Are you blindly in love? Do you need to put a stop to things or tell the other person to respect your boundaries? Is this something better off left than fixed although it may hurt but end up being healthier for you? Truly ask yourselves.