“When you’re young, your whole life is about the pursuit of fun. Then, you grow up and learn to be cautious. You could break a bone or a heart. You look before you leap and sometimes you don’t leap at all because there’s not always someone there to catch you. And in life, there’s no safety net.” -Carrie Bradshaw
Why is it that as we get older the old adage “Youth is wasted on the young” seems to hit home so hard? Do you ever watch two young people in love and think to yourself …I remember when. Why do so many things that we used take for granted seem so difficult to do now? Has career, money and power really become the most important things to us? Or is that our superficial shelter? What happened to the joyful, giddy pursuit of love? The kind that made us pick up our phone every ten minutes just to make sure it was still working? If youth is wasted on the young, why let love get the same wrap?
I don’t believe love has changed. I don’t even believe our desire for love has changed. I think we’ve changed. Little by little with each heart-ache. I think we’ve built walls with the tears from our broken hearts. We’ve let the pain of a love lost overshadow the memories of the beauty and happiness of a love shared. I think, as we get older, we shut off completely to our hearts to appear “strong” and “self-confidant.” “I’m actually fine alone,” “I’m pretty set in my ways, I really don’t need anyone.” But aren’t these actually cries for love, not the proclamations of someone trying to convince others that they’re happy alone?
Love is still a many splendored thing. “To love and be loved is all we know and all we need to know.” ― Steven Tyler “Love is all you need.” – Paul McCartney “Only love can last.” ― Madonna “Love is a game that two can play and both win.” ― Eva Gabor “There is time for work, and time for love. That leaves no other time.”― Coco Chanel
Clearly love is still alive and well. Truly love is the driving force of life. I believe that love is so powerful that in its infinite charisma it turns hearts on as quickly as it turns them cold. So why run away now? It seems as silly as leaving a tied game at the bottom of the ninth! I think we need to be as bold as the young. Take back the zest and innocence of our youth. We need to put our best foot forward and welcome love in, again. However that looks now. And you know what? I bet this time it looks better than it ever has, because we, are better than we’ve ever been. Because with each fall, we have also risen and that courage has also made us wiser and more beautiful. So step out of your comfort zone, you really aren’t that happy living in your set ways. Start looking that stranger in the coffee line directly in the eye. Smile to the person you reach around at the grocery store. Love is alive and well, and you, and only you, have the key to unlock your heart. Close your eyes and picture it, holding your lovers hand, a kiss… And just because Mick Jagger got away with saying “you can’t always get what you want.” I say, yes you can! Remember, “A kiss is a lovely trick, designed by nature, to stop words when speech becomes superfluous.” – Ingrid Bergman So, follow your heart, chase your dreams, stop being afraid and believe that “that light at the end of the tunnel may be you!”- Steven Tyler And that’s exactly where love begins … and love is there for the taking!
You’ve got this!
Let me know how it goes!
~ Tami
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