Coulda Been, Shoulda Been
I think that every person, at some point in their life, will stop and wonder to theirself, "What could have been?" It's as I approach this major turning point in my life that I wonder, what could have been different about the past few years?
What if I hadn't taken the opportunity to use Towson's LGBT group trip to New York to visit a friend I'd only met once before for a few brief minutes? Would I have fallen in love with him anyway? And if I hadn't, would I have stuck out my plan to wait another semester and re-apply for transfer to USC instead of opting to go to NYU? Or would I have wound up at NYU anyway? And if I had wound up at NYU anyway, would I have run into him in a different way and fallen in love with him all the same?
Can one decision affect a person for years in a profound way that cannot be seen at the time? Or are things bound to happen regardless of what you do differently?
But more curiously, would you choose not to do something that makes you happy for a long time to avoid something that makes you painfully unhappy for any period of time?
Are three years of joy worth three minutes of sorrow?
Yes ... they are. Knowing three minutes of that kind of joy are worth three millennia of the pain of loss.
I think my previous few posts have had some people worried (despite my advising that they shouldn't be). For several people, I'm surprised they don't give me more credit, considering they have known me for either all of my life or simply the more adult years of it.
don't beat your head
dry your eyes,
let the love in there
there's bad times
but that's okay
just look for love in there
What if I hadn't taken the opportunity to use Towson's LGBT group trip to New York to visit a friend I'd only met once before for a few brief minutes? Would I have fallen in love with him anyway? And if I hadn't, would I have stuck out my plan to wait another semester and re-apply for transfer to USC instead of opting to go to NYU? Or would I have wound up at NYU anyway? And if I had wound up at NYU anyway, would I have run into him in a different way and fallen in love with him all the same?
Can one decision affect a person for years in a profound way that cannot be seen at the time? Or are things bound to happen regardless of what you do differently?
But more curiously, would you choose not to do something that makes you happy for a long time to avoid something that makes you painfully unhappy for any period of time?
Are three years of joy worth three minutes of sorrow?
Yes ... they are. Knowing three minutes of that kind of joy are worth three millennia of the pain of loss.
I think my previous few posts have had some people worried (despite my advising that they shouldn't be). For several people, I'm surprised they don't give me more credit, considering they have known me for either all of my life or simply the more adult years of it.
don't beat your head
dry your eyes,
let the love in there
there's bad times
but that's okay
just look for love in there
posted by Dave at 11:49:00 AM
1 Comments:
Don't be a butthead! Be nice to people. Even if it's just a craving for drama, at least they're curious about you and whats going on with you. I, on the other hand, am an elite. I won't stand for or put up with your drama. I love you too much to let you do that to me and make me have to hurt you. :)
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