If the shortest distance between two points is a line, why does waiting in a line take so long?

Did you ever notice that people give up on love as they get older?

When you're a little girl, all you want to do is fall in love. Then when you're a teenager, every guy you meet you think is "the one". Then when you're an adult and you have been hurt from the breakups as a teen, you're not interested in love anymore. You just don't want to be alone, so you settle for someone you might even know isn't your soul mate. I know so many adults that aren't truly where they want to be. I just try to think about what they might have went through to make them settle for second best, and I hope that doesn't happen to me.

There are too many mediocre things in life. Love shouldn't be one of them.

After a while you learn the subtle difference between holding a hand and chaining a soul. And you learn that love doesn't mean leaning and company doesn't mean security. You begin to learn that kisses aren't contracts and presents aren't promises. You begin to accept your defeats with your head up and your eyes open... with the grace of an adult, not the grief of a child. You learn to build all your roads on today because tomorrow's ground is too uncertain for paths. After awhile you learn that even sunshine burns if you get too much. So plant your garden and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers. Learn that you really can endure... That you really are strong and you really do have worth.