There’s this certain feeling you get from the very beginning.
When you make eye contact with that one special person, you just get the
feeling that this one person just might be all you'll ever need for the rest of
your life. They may not share the same feelings at first; they may not be one
hundred percent sure of their feelings at all. They may say or do some things
that they don’t mean. With time they will realize that they have those exact
same feelings that you've had all along, but have been too afraid to let those
real feelings show. With more time, you'll begin to realize even more how much
this person has impacted your life already. How much they've been able to
change you and make you into a better person than you thought you were capable
of being. They are always there for you when you need them, and you will
always be there for them. After spending countless days and nights with that
person, you realize that you've fallen deeply in love with them. It may be
scary at first, telling each other how you feel, but that fear only illustrates
how real those feelings really are. Although you’re not uncertain about your
true passion towards that individual by any means, that same fear may never be
extinguished. That fear is a part of the natural feelings of true love; that
fear is what keeps you holding on to every last minute that you’re able to
spend with that person. You are able to look into that person’s eyes and gain
a sense of overwhelming security and nearly indescribable feelings that you
have never been permitted to experience from anything else before. In a period
of less that 6 months, this one person alone has become the single most
important factor in your entire life. You would go to virtually any extremes
to keep that person in your life forever. You talk to them about the future,
college, and maybe even starting a family? You both realize that together you
will always be happy, and together you have everything you’ll ever need. You
laugh at each other and joke about how crazy it seems to talk about all of this
when you’re only 16. You’re both still kids and not yet adults. Though you
realize all of this, deep inside of you, you know these feelings and thoughts
are the strongest most honest feelings you’ve ever felt in your entire life.
Nothing can come between the two of you. Together you’ve become best friends
and much, much more. You lay awake at night with thoughts running through your
head, thoughts about the future, about life, about love. These thoughts fill
you with immense emotions and the ever-longing feeling that you need to be with
that person, a feeling that will not subside within you for any reasons. You
may lay awake for hours just envisioning the two of you together, possibly in
your own house and your own bed together one day. All of these thoughts,
emotions, and concerns you encounter along the way only portray for you the
real truth of what is to come. You then ask yourself, “If this one person has
the ability within them to produce the one and only feeling of true, lasting
love, is there any possible way that this could be wrong?” You think long and
hard about this question, putting your mind through every possible life
scenario that you may be confronted with in the future. After doing this, you
begin to realize that the answer to your question has been so distinct and so
obvious. You’ve known the answer ever since you allowed those three powerful
words to escape your mouth. It occurs to you that this person has become not
just a part of your life, they have become your life itself. Now, with these
thoughts running through your head, you can smile and answer “No, this cannot
be wrong. This is perfect, and will remain perfect for the rest of my life.”
-Zach McGovern, 5/7/05-