Real love is not like the movies in so many ways. Most importantly, it's not something that you cannot control and that happens because the stars just aligned that way.
We choose love.
I chose to love Molly Fite and I could have made no better choice. She chose to love me back. I have the choice to love her every day, and I'm going to take it. There's nothing I would rather do. Period. If I could have just Molly forever and have to live in a shack with no electricity, I would take it over the finest palace without her. If I didn't have her, who would I share it with? Who would sit beside me at breakfast? Who would cook dinner with me in the kitchen? Who would laugh at our snooty neighbors with me? At least our shack would be stylishly decorated and I could keep a smile on my face. Oh ya, I definitely choose Molly.
Does that mean that everything gets to be easy from here on out? That's it? I choose her, she chooses me, and we're good? That's how the movies work. Well we're at least as in love as any couple in the movies, but we get to experience the part that they don't film. You know, the part that would come after the credits roll. Tense moments, occasional angry words, tears, dirty diapers, fighting children, self-doubt; it's all a part of the package.
It sounds like I have it all figured out. I could write a book on marriage. Oh wait, that's absurd. There are millions upon millions of situations I haven't fathomed of, let alone encountered. I talk a good talk but in the end I too doubt myself, get confused, wonder how everything can turn out right. Heck, I've still got 4 or 5 years of school left and no idea of how to pay for it all. All I'm saying is, I'm not as perfect as I make myself out to be. I'm just a guy who got good advice from people who know more.
If you're not in love, I highly recommend it. Nothing's better. Not even the finest palace.
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