Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Once the butterflies fly away

I used to think that finding someone you clicked with, someone who made your stomach feel sick, your hands to start to shake and your whole body feel off balance... was always going to mean it was something special.

But these are things that just happen --- they're not a result of something he's doing for you. He isn't making these things happen, they just are.

What I've come to realize is... once the butterflies fly away... and the sickness subsides, what matters is how he makes you feel on purpose --- the feelings he can cause in you that are every bit of his control...

His calling to say "hi", quoting a movie line to make you laugh or learning to accept that you like the one team in basketball he can't stand.

These are the feelings that do not just fade away in time, because he won't let them...

If it's really something, he'll be able to make you feel those things...

no matter the circumstance.