People say you only live once, but they are as wrong about that as they are about everything.


In the darkest moments before dawn, a woman returns to her bed. What life is she leading?
Is it the same life she was leading a half hour ago? A day ago? A year ago? Theres a man in her bed. Who is this man? Do the lead separate lives or is it a life shared?

She says "Do you love me?"
He muffles a reply "I do love you"

A storm approaches, it's still over the horizon but there is lightning in the air. Are either of them aware of the gathering turbulence? Can they feel the crackle of elecricity in the wind or are they only aware of the power they generate between themselves.

You love someone, you open yourself up to suffering, that's the sad truth. Maybe they'll break your heart, maybe you'll break their heart and never be able to look at yourself in the same light. Those are the risks. That is the burden. If life teaches anything it's that you have to take the good with the bad, take the risks that could lead to happiness or sadness. When life is good hold onto it for all it's worth. When things get you down, hold you're chin up because another thing that life teaches us is that nothing, not the good or the bad, will last forever.