It's all about hope.

You hope to better yourself.

You hope to have a better life than your parents.

You hope to have children.

You hope to be married.

You hope to be happy.

You hope to have good health.

You hope to live to enjoy old age.

You hope to have a good life.

They all seem like such simple hopes, don't they, and yet for many of us they remain elusive and totally out of our grasp. And it's because we grasp so hard that these things elude us. Things come when you relax, when you stop pursuing, when you stop being so guarded, when you stop being so analytical, when you stop wallowing in your pig tracks, when you just let go....and stop being afraid.

"Fear is the mind killer"

And it's the truth. If you let your fear - rational or not - based in reality or not - rule you - aren't you limiting yourself? Or perhaps creating some kind of self fulfilling prophecy?

Are you afraid to actually let someone in because of what happened last time? What really happened last time? Did someone break your heart? Can you take an honest look at yourself and say truthfully that you don't have any skin in the blame game? Can you take an honest look at yourself and say that you still have your integrity?

I can say it: yeah, I made a bad decision. I paid for it. I got over it. I'm ready for my chance to be happy.

Are you?