Why Not

Arthur Christopher Benson once said, ~Because of a friend, life is a little stronger, fuller, more gracious thing for the friend's existance, whether he be near of far. If the friend is close at hand, that is best, but if he is far away he is still there to think of, to WONDER about, to hear from, to write to, to share life and experience with, to serve, to honor, and to admire, to love.~ If you think about it, there are many things to wonder about that you just have to ask those tough questions. Questions such as: Why is the sky blue? What is the meaning of life? Where does your lap go when you stand up? Why do hot dog buns come in a package of 6 when hot dogs come in a package of 8? BUT the big question to wonder about is why does liking/loving someone feel so good and yet hurt so bad?

Essentially, when it comes to liking or loving someone, you wonder why we go through what each of us go through. Undeniably we're all glutton for punishment when you're taking the chance to put not only yourself out there but also to put you're own heart out there as well. In some aspect, one's heart can take hit after hit, somewhat like a piniata, from people who one thought cared enough about them not to metaphorically stick a knife in their own heart. For when he or she walks away, you are left with your heart bleeding with emotions that you try to stop/ control but can't and the only thing left to do is let the tears fall where they may, which is the best thing a person can possibly do in that particular situation.

For those who are living the single life, like myself, you tend to wonder if there is someone who is thinking about you, which can be considered somewhat egotistical on one's part. When it comes to potential relationships, if any, there is an uncertainty as to whether or not that a particular person is thinking about you. Without a doubt, we all have been or are going though situations where you wonder what thoughts are going through the mind of him or her to the point where you start to drive yourself completely crazy. In all honesty though, knowing or finding out that someone is thinking about you, in a non creepy sense of course, give a person hopefully a special feeling inside to where he or she is truly flattered.

Unfortunately, that uncertainty one experienced, is experiencing, or will experience keeps a person continually wondering/guessing a what that person's life was life before you met him or her. For the question can be asked was his or her life filled with seemingly great relationships or relationships that left a person burned to the point he or she is scared to open one's heart again. It can work both ways as a person takes a chance with one's heart and wonders if that door of opportunity will either be opened or closed shut. Essentially, its something that everybody wonders about when we meet someone who totally intrigues us to where you genuinely want to get to know more about that person on a more personal, emotional, spiritual, and intellectual level.

William H. Sheldon said, ~There are those much more are people who never lose their curiosity, there almost childlike wonder at the world; those people who continue to learn and to grow intellectually until the day they die. And these usually are the people who make contributions, who leave some part of the world a little better off than it was before they entered it.~ In retrospect, there will always be wonder/curiosity as to why liking and/or loving someone can be considered easy, but in reality difficult. Ultimately, a person will oftentimes ask and wonder why liking/loving someone has to hurt, has to be so frustrating, has be so complicated when its someone you like/love; but then you stop asking why and realize why not because in the end, it gives you that sense of purpose to not quit and to go for it will all your heart.