THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY

In your life, you'll make note of a lot of people. One's with whom you've shared something. There's the one you first kissed, the one you first loved, the one you lost your virginity, the one you put on a pedestal, the one you're with and the one that got away.

Who is the one that got away? I guess its that person w/ who everything was great, everything was perfect, but the timing was just wrong... There was no fault in the person, there was no flaw in the chemistry, but the cards just didn't fall the right way, I suppose.

I believe in the fact that ending up with someone, finding a longtime partner, that is, does not depend merely in the other person. I can actually argue that an equal part or maybe even the greater part, has to do with the matter of timing. It has to do with you being ready to settle down and commit to someone in a way that goes beyond the little niceties of giddy romance.

How often have you gone through it w/ out even realizing it? When you're not ready to commit in that mature manner, it doesn't matter who you're with, it just doesn't work..Small problems become big; inconsequentials become deal breakers..simply because you're not ready and it shows. it's not that you and the person you're with are no good; its just that it's not yet right, and little things become the flashpoint of that fact.

Then one day you're ready . You really are. And when this happens you'll be ready to settle down w/ someone. He or she may not be the most perfect, they might not be the brightest star of romance to even have burned your life, but it'll work because you're ready. It'll work because it's the right time and you'll make it work and it'll make sense, it really will...

So that day comes when you're finally making sense of things, and you find yourself to be a different person, things are different, your approach is different, you finally understand who you are and what you want, and you've become ready because the time has truly arrived.