Happy Landings!

There is an old quote that says:  "To love is to risk not being loved in return."

I was having a discussion with a friend recently about the concept of rejection.  Someone was pursuing their romantic interest which just wasn't there.  They were feeling a bit guilty about rejecting this person but since the feelings were not there; the only other solution would be to give in and start a relationship with someone with for whom you have no interest.  Kind of between a rock & a hard place when you don't want to hurt someone's feelings nor do you want to grow old and die with someone that you didn't really want to be with in the first place.

I think most of us have been on both sides of this coin at one time or another in our lives.  Granted, on the surface, it probably seems easier to be the rejector than the rejectee but I am not sure that is always true.  This person was really taking to heart the pain they would be inflicting on that other person's psyche.  But as the old saying goes - 'the heart wants what the heart wants' (or vice versa).  I've been the rejector and I've been the rejected.  It sucks to have to be one or the other.  We can guide, maneuver or influence many things in our lives: our careers, our interests, our hobbies, our friends and our families but I don't believe that we can make our hearts want something, or someone, that it doesn't.  We're quite powerless, actually.  Maybe that's why love can be so very sweet or, worse yet, so very bitter.

But then again....maybe that's the reward for the daredevil act of putting one's heart on the line.  If you're a stunt cyclist you probably crashed all the time while learning your craft  Probably far more crashes than successful landings.  Although, I'll bet they would tell you that one successful landing makes all the pain of the previous crashes go away.

Here's to those that are kicking their tires, revving their engines and getting ready to once again take that mighty leap of faith!   Happy Landings, Everyone!


.....and on that note - I'm outta here!