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Love at first sight isn’t a real thing—I know that. But there is certainly a something at first sight. A jolt, a magnetic draw, a heartbeat that skips and a world that narrows down, focusing on nothing but the space between you and that other person. It’s a moment when intuition overpowers reason and butterflies burst to life inside of you, their delicate wings tickling your heart.
I’m certain one can find dignity in most things, but there is no dignity in unrequited love. It’s fucking painful. There’s no harmony, no beauty, no triumph in it. There is no hard-fought prize to be won. I’d go so far as to say it’s a curse—especially in these moments when the sun wraps her up in a golden blanket, spotlighting her perfection like the universe is dangling a carrot in front of me, then yanking it back the moment I move in for a bite. Maybe not a carrot; carrots are offensive. She’s that all-you-can-eat taco bar spread out by the beach at an all-inclusive resort while a salt
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The thing is, hope can be a savior, or it can be an executioner. There’s no way to know which way the cards will fall. Only time will tell, and time is just as unpredictable as hope.
“The heart is a complicated beast. Sometimes it wants, and sometimes it hurts to want.”
Life is too short to waste precious time on people who don’t appreciate and value you—family or not.
“Time spent loving another is never time wasted. In fact, I’m apt to believe it’s the only time that truly matters in this life.”
“I believe that the sharpest minds find logic in the notion that logic cannot be found in everything. The smartest people know that they can’t possibly know all,” he told me, an air of fluidity in his tone. “The universe is too vast, too mysterious. Coincidence, fate, luck, dreams—those things can’t be discredited. Those things add another layer to the human condition and are just as important as science.”
