"You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters? She's not perfect - you aren't either, and the two of you may never be perfect together but if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being human and making mistakes, hold onto her and give her the most you can. She may not be thinking about you every second of the day, but she will give you a part of her that she knows you can break - her heart. So don't hurt her, don't change her, don't analyze and don't expect more than she can give. Smile when she makes you happy, let her know when she makes you mad, and miss her when she's not there."
- Bob Marley
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It made me wonder how many times we forgive
just because we don't want to lose someone,
even if they don't deserve our forgiveness.
Sometimes late at night I think about all the things that have been, all the things that haven't been, and all the things yet to be. If my heart could explode into a billion tiny pieces and scatter itself all over the world, if i could live on sunlight and the city sounds. And if I could fall asleep in those thousands of lighted windows. I wonder if this world will ever make sense to me, if I will ever truly understand anything... and if there's really anything to understand at all.
I must and will have more. And I will because of the little gap in my heart that causes me so much pain, the skip in the record that needs to be filled, gives me room to find the extraordinary. And I will. My heart will feel more than you ever thought a heart could feel and my mind will see things that no one even knew existed: the little gossamer threads that tie life together and which, if you don't look carefully enough, you will miss as you see things moving in space and not the ties that bind them.