Chance...

If you had the chance to start the rest of your life today, why wouldn't you? What if there was no such thing as something better? What if this is as good as it gets and it wasn't a death sentence? I know you can flip the coin, there is always an exception. That there are plenty of people who are willing to wait for something greater, greener. Bars are filled with people in the middle of the day that have surrendered to a life they believe can't get any better... but there is also the school of thought that came up with quotes like "youth is wasted on the young". "It is better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all". There are people who pine for the knowledge that have now, back then because they would seize the day. Those who have a shoebox full of letters from the one that got away and have lived every day since then with no regrets.

I realize it is so much easier to say it than actually risk it. The more I think about the hopeless romantic sentiments that are often the disease of young women like myself, the ones who grew up on Disney movies only to be subjected to the "reality" that is Sex in the City. I wonder if the only part that should really have a negative impact is the word "hopeless".

Everyone has a hand in their destiny, even those that would argue against the notion of fate. Decide to be the romantic. Decide to be the risk taker. Decide to succumb to a life that didn't live up to societies expectations. Decide to accept and maybe even enjoy that the moment, the memory, the place that you are in may be as good as it gets... and that might be the best decision you've ever made.