More Than You Bargained For

Michael Star once said, ~True love is not a bargain made and not a thing to deal or trade. For love's a gift that has no strings as free as songs the bluebird sings.~ In some aspect, love or true love for that matter can have a person feel as if he or she is "shopping" around for the greatest deal one can ever imagine when it pertains to the happiness of one's own heart. However, even though money and/or credit cards aren't being used one can be, in some ways, paying the price as you can inevitably get ripped off because of a so-called bad deal that left your heart penniless, so to speak. Essentially, we all want the same thing when it comes to our heart and that is to find/meet someone who is absolutely reliable, but the question remains how long are you willing to wait for him or her to come along?

If you think about it, when it comes to "shopping" around for that great deal, a person can oftentimes get into the habit of haggling. Haggling not with the particular guy or girl of interest, but instead haggling with one's self as he or she tries to figure out what not only does or doesn't work for them, but also peaks their own interests. Women, more so than guys, tend to do the most haggling with themselves as they go through their seemingly long and yet a sometimes confusing list, which can constantly change at any point. For the most part, whether you're a man or a woman, you don't want to end up short changing yourself by making the wrong decisions to where it costs you to lose what you've been saving in your heart for someone who is truly special.

Without a doubt, every person wants to sign that solid, iron clad lifetime guarantee that could quite possibly ensure one's own happiness. It's a "contract" in which you expect to be covered by any damages that may occur to your very own heart, but as we all know it is never really reliable at times. Why? What it comes down to is the sneaky fine print that makes one's so-called lifetime guaranteed contract null and void to where it can slap you hard in the face by saying it's not responsible for any emotional damage one may suffer because of heartbreak. Let me tell you something, always be careful of the sneaky fine print because even though you can replace/fix something that is material, you can't replace your broken heart, which is considered absolutely priceless.

Let me ask you this question, are you looking for quality or quantity in someone out there who is considered to be a deal of lifetime that will most certainly benefit your heart for years to come. In other words, are your interests geared more towards the qualities that exude from the inside out or are you more interested in the flash of the outside qualities, as well as, how much material wealth he or she possesses? Personally speaking, I'm more interested by the quality than by the highly overrated quantity and I think every person would agree with me when I say being with someone who will love you for what you have in your heart makes you a happier person than someone who just loves you for what you have in your wallet don't you think?

In retrospect, whenever a great deal comes along that simply touches your heart there's always that little voice in the back of your head that asks if there's a catch attached to it. For a certain number of people, experience has unfortunately taught them that there's always a catch, which has ended up hurting them even more to the point where they have the inability to trust someone who may be falling in love with him or her. Ultimately, you have to realize love is a gift from God that can't ever be bargained with and rest assured there are no strings attached. In the end, when you meet/find someone that gives you everything you can ever possibly imagine within your heart and then some, it just amazes you because what you get from him or her is more than you bargained for.