Confessions of a Loveaholic...

I believe in timing.  That's why finding "the one" isn't a huge priority. Yes, I work to make sure I'm reading when said person comes along. Yes, I try to make sure I'm aware so I don't miss said person. (I'm not sure you can miss "the one" if that's what they are, and you if you do maybe they aren't or there's more than one.) Yes, I want love and all those things, but finding  men is not really what I do. Don't think it's my job. Men find, women choose. But there is a lot of work in waiting. A lot that takes place before I get to choosing. I feel like I spend a lot of my dating life paying for the mistakes of the women before me. It doesn't always come out in the beginning, but eventually I find out about a cheater or indifferent lover. At some point the huge fight where she listed all of the reasons he "ain't shit" is recounted, and I see the hurt. I see the pain. Some times it's not even the w...

You know what I'm learning? Men come and go, things change, seasons change, people change, hearts break, the truth is sometimes overshadowed by lies, friends let you down, the tears come, the storms beat down, you wake up on the wrong side of the bed, the journey is sometimes lonely, love doesn't always conquer all, life isn't always fair, sometimes your bread gets soggy before you've finished the sandwich, not every sentence has a period, the road doesn't always lead home, not all dogs go to heaven, sometimes two wrongs DO make a right, dreams don't always come true, the sun doesn't always shine, the movie theater is almost ALWAYS cold, the superhero is only a man in a silly red sheet, and God doesn't always open a window every time He closes a door...BUT...After every rainstorm, you can find the rainbow...if you look hard enough.