The Great Passions of Life

Quote 1: If you love sombody let them go, for if they return they were always yours. And if they didn't they never were.

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Quote 2: If somebody is in your mind everyday, maybe that's where they belong.

My interpretation on #2 is that if you're obsessing over somebody then maybe....ahh fuck it. After all is said and done, the only thing a girl should chase is her Vodka. Lol. Not true. And her dreams.

Guess my question for the day is this. Do you go after what you feel strongly about? And do your damnest to make it happen? Or do you sit back and have faith in fate? I'm talking in reference to a passion that has driven people to insanity and snatched people back from that very abyss: Love.

Coelho said that there is no sense in trying to control love. It can drive a person crazy, but once you let it go...things have a way of falling into place.

Anywho, I know you're gonna laugh at me when I say this. But for the first time ever there's somebody out there I want to spend the rest of my life with. I can see it, I want it. Despite all the crapiness, I still do want it. Sometimes I really wonder why but there simply isn't an explanation. There isn't an answer to the matters of the heart. Or for life in general either.

Another thought to cross my mind today was that I could end up the rest of my life feeling this intense longing for somebody and never have this desire quenched. For the rest of my days...kind of a scary thought, really.

But you know, perhaps it is better to feel than to not. Even if it was an intense longing for an unrequitted love, at least I was passionate about something. All the greatest people in life, poets, writers, scientists, philosopers, artists...they have but one thing in common. Passion. And despite dedicating their lives in pursue of this passion, many have died unfulfilled. It isn't until years later that people realize and appreciate them all for a common reason: You've guessed it, passion.