It's been a while since I have visited my own site. It seems that "life goes on", the commonly interjected phrase of semi-encouragement. Slightly harsh, but true. "What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger". Another zinger that also contains the validity that a scorned lover, or broken-down businessman, does not care to hear, much less believe. The real problem is: How do you go through life without having to hear these phrases? The answer: Don't live passionately. Don't love whole-heartedly. Don't take risks. Don't believe in the power of your own dreams. Who wants to live like that? A fact of life: you have to take the good with the bad, for if you never experince the bad, how do you know when you are truly experiencing the good? If you don't allow yourself to live a "full" life, how can you form judgements on what really makes you happy? How can you prevent yourself from being hurt? If you want to live without regret, you can't live without some amount of pain. Living with thoughts of "what ifs" brings happiness to no one. There are times when, even if you say everything, and explore every possibility, some things just don't work out. But atleast you will know that you tried your hardest and that there was nothing else you could have conceivabley done to remedy the situation. Therefore, you can not come back later and blame the misfortune in your life on yourself. Life fully and love fully, even if it means you get hurt. You will be stronger. You will be a better person. And, you will learn, and be able to express, what you want out of your own life.