I remember what it was like to be single and miserable, and I don't associate being single with misery anymore.  Being single shouldn't be associated with anything other than opportunity.  It's my chance to be myself!  Nobody and nothing is going to hold me back!  I know... that's easy for me to say while I'm in the middle of a relationship, but I'm serious.  I'm happy with myself now, single or in a relationship.  Nobody is going to control me, hold me, or bring me down.  Plus, I'm not sticking around for someone who's trying to.  If I stick around with all the red flags going up, I know that I'm making a mistake.  I'm not saying that my life is a cakewalk exactly, but I am content with it. 

It's cool dating knowing that you don't HAVE to be there and that your life goes on with or without that other person.  That way if the person lets you down, you're happy that you didn't waste more time with her than you did .  It just seems to me that too many people, I being one of them at one time not too long ago, get into relationships and forget how to say NO to the persons they're in relationships with.  They put the relationship up on a pedestal and get all bent out of shape when it doesn't work out...  I'm thinking... Your life isn't over man!  Life goes on!  Be single!  Move on!  Somehow that's rude.  Somehow that line of thinking makes me an asshole of sorts.  It isn't rude.  It's simply having more confidence in myself than I once did.  More people should think that way.  Too bad more people don't.  If they did, maybe they wouldn't be so sad.

Always remember that good things happen naturally.  You can't force them.  Keep your head up and be strong.  One day something great will come along and you'll be glad that you hadn't wasted so much time with the losers that were holding you back.

"We enjoy warmth because we have been cold. We appreciate light because we have been in darkness. By the same token, we can experience joy because we have known sadness. "

Have you ever noticed that the worst way to miss someone
is when they are right beside you and you can never have them?

"If we deny love that is given to us, if we refuse to give love because we fear pain or loss, then our lives will be empty, our loss greater."