Don’t Love Those from Far Away: Factor of Proximity while Falling in Love
Advice for good love: Don’t love those from far away. Take yourself one from nearby. The way a sensible house will take local stones for its building, stones which have suffered in the same cold and were scorched by the same sun.” —Yehuda Amichai, “Advice for Good Love,” Love Poems Everyone may recall that at some point in their life they may see a very attractive person who caught their full attention in the situation when there was no opportunity to approach them, like on the busy street, in the passing car, or even on the news. You were enlightened for a minute, you kept the memories of this person for couple of days, but eventually you forgot about your encounter. That is normal, and the reason is because you never saw that person again. If the stimuli wasn't reinforced you tend to forget about it even if you liked it a lot. Therefore, factor of the physical proximity is so important. It does ensure that continues exposure keeps happening until attraction intensifies. A number ...