To be human is to feel
One of the things my friends and I have been experiencing recently is that we are meeting people who we have feelings for. Recently I've held back any action what so ever, because I don't want to make any of the mistakes I've made before. If you are a fan of romantic comedies you know that there is always an issue, but I think the two things that we worry about these days the most are a) rejection and b) fucking up a friendship, that you would not be able to recover if you tell her/him. Sometimes when I walk around campus I see couples pretty much making out and nothing else. That isn't a relationship, that's two lonely, horny teenagers together. I don't really know what I want but I don't want it to be that, I want there to be more meaning to it and I wonder if that can really exist here.
I have a few friends that sort of feel the same way, and I wonder whether people ever get the happy ending they wish for. These people and myself, really need to bite the bullet and try to resolve this after we ask ourselves the most important question of all and that, my friends, is "what if?" What if I were to do this, what if there could be happiness, what if he/she said yes would it work out between us, would I really want to be in it? I think Steve Martin said it best in La Story when he said, "Let your mind go, and your body will follow." The point is, our worrys and our minds prevent us from doing what we truly feel, and we can't let that happen. This is not to mean you shouldn't think, but when you get to that point where you have thought it through and you know, then don't think and just breath.
At this current time, when we find ourselves in this situation, fear exists more than anything else, but sometimes if we ever want to be happy, we have to rage against the dying of the light. For those of you who find yourselves in this situation, you need to, we all need to understand that our chance at happiness might finally rely on our bravery.
"Our existence is not futile. We're going to win this thing. Humankind is too, good. We're not a bunch of underachievers. We're going to stand up, and we're going to be human beings. We're going to get fired up about the real things, the things that matter, creativity and the dynamic human spirit that refuses to submit." - Man on bull horn
I have a few friends that sort of feel the same way, and I wonder whether people ever get the happy ending they wish for. These people and myself, really need to bite the bullet and try to resolve this after we ask ourselves the most important question of all and that, my friends, is "what if?" What if I were to do this, what if there could be happiness, what if he/she said yes would it work out between us, would I really want to be in it? I think Steve Martin said it best in La Story when he said, "Let your mind go, and your body will follow." The point is, our worrys and our minds prevent us from doing what we truly feel, and we can't let that happen. This is not to mean you shouldn't think, but when you get to that point where you have thought it through and you know, then don't think and just breath.
At this current time, when we find ourselves in this situation, fear exists more than anything else, but sometimes if we ever want to be happy, we have to rage against the dying of the light. For those of you who find yourselves in this situation, you need to, we all need to understand that our chance at happiness might finally rely on our bravery.
"Our existence is not futile. We're going to win this thing. Humankind is too, good. We're not a bunch of underachievers. We're going to stand up, and we're going to be human beings. We're going to get fired up about the real things, the things that matter, creativity and the dynamic human spirit that refuses to submit." - Man on bull horn