not 'just' a reflection

I was on Facebook the other day as usual checking my updates and other's updates when I came across this one, a status update saying- Is that love I see in your eyes or merely a reflection of mine??
No doubt a line stolen or copied from somewhere but the depth of the line baffled me for a while. The line was heart wrenchingly true.
When people read the line they may feel that it's cute or sweet or amazingly sentimental or may have 'liked' it on FB. But no one understood the plain tragedy of the line!!
It brings out the most pertinent truth of man's existence. His wish to believe that what he feels is what is reciprocated, when more often than not it isn't. And when its time to face that harsh reality they break down, crumble and then lose interest in the idea of mutual emotions itself (even if only for a while).
Some may recoup, some may not. Some may even refuse to believe that their feelings are not reciprocated and that's how we end up with psychopaths in our society. But the bottom line is the basic reason why all this happens is because we believe we see in “their” eyes what we actually see in our own, meaning what we actually experience ourselves.
We tend to rationalize and justify every action of the 'other' in our own convenient way.
'He did that coz he loves me' no its actually you who love him and want to believe he loves you too.
'She did that to me coz she hates me after the breakup' no its actually you who hate her or are afraid that she hates you.
Its always a reflection of what we feel, what we perceive. And that is the sad fact of that line. And as a natural human tendency we even start believing and relying on these reflections of ours and are later in for a “bursting of the bubble” scenario.
Some might be lucky though, many might be, I wouldn't know. But the basic fact remains that as hurt as we may get or as horrible as we may be in perceiving, we still continue to do so.

Why? For the simple reason that we are humans, social animals who crave the company, the love, the support of another human being.
As much as we may try and run away from it, as I have seen people do, the bare fact remains that it will find you. Companionship, friendship, relationships and the complicated network of emotions that follow. It's all there in our lives and will continue to be there as long as we exist.
All that you can do is that the next time you believe you see something in anybody's eyes, hope and pray it's not just a refection!!!