Relationship Handicapped

"You know what I mean?" She asked Him.

To that, He replied, "All I know is that when I was seven, I was laughing and chasing my Brother around The Living Room and I tripped and knocked my tooth out on the coffee table. I still have that coffee table and, since, I grew a new tooth - but ever since then I seem to have lost The Ability To Read People's Minds. Anyways, I've been Relationship Handicapped ever since. You know what I mean?"

"I have no idea what you're talking about..." She said.

"So, you knocked a tooth out, too, when you were little?" He excitedly asked.

"No, no I never knocked a tooth out on a coffee table... and I can't date anyone who's Relationship Handicapped" She said, disappointedly, as she walked away.

As she left, he grabbed a pen out of his briefcase and wrote the following on the back of a receipt from his pocket: "Note to Self: You don't always have to lose a tooth to become Relationship Handicapped."

His Search

For Some Silly Reason, He just kept believing that She would know it was Him when They met.

On occasion, He would meet Someone and think it was Her, but she wouldn't recognize Him.

That's how he knew it wasn't Her.

Confidence

"How is it that you have such Confidence" She asked Him.

"I don't know what you mean, but I'll try to Answer" He replied.

"All I know is What Is Right For Me - and that's not always the same as What is Right For Others. Sometimes It Is. Sometimes It Isn't. Still, I try to do What Is Right For Me.

Also, I accept the Consequences that Doing What is Right For Me brings. It is my Life. I own It.

Finally, I adore my Weaknesses and Strengths equally.

However, I also understand that What is Right For Me is not always Right For You. You have your own Life. You have your own Rights."

"I wish I had your Confidence" She told him.

As They hugged and parted ways, He whispered this in Her ear: "I do know This: Wishing never brought Me any Confidence."

How it Always Began

"I really, really like you," She said, "but I need to move at a pace that I'm comfortable with."

He smiled and replied, "I completely understand," and after a long pause, He continued: "but, I find that if I move at Someone Else's pace, I usually end up going Only As Far As They Want To Go. Furthermore, I find that if I follow Someone Else's lead, I end up Lost."

What does that mean?" She asked.

He answered, as he had a hundred times before: "It only means this: If I don't follow my Heart, then I end up with Regret and Confusion. Therefore, I'll move forward with Hope that when I look beside me every so often, You will be There as well. If you're not, then I will know that you have followed Your Own Heart and are on Your Own Path."

And this was How It Always Began.
And this was How It Usually Ended.

What Really Happened

"It's not clear to me anymore exactly who left who and when," He replied, "but what I do remember is that each day we would hurt each other a little more and that's What Really Happened."

New Reality

"Is this Real?" She asked Him. After a long silence, He looked at Her and said, "I think so, because we're both Here and if it's not Real, then we're both having the same Dream and that has to mean Something."

Then, She smiled and took his hand and they wandered through their New Reality together.

His Only Sadness

His Only Sadness in knowing Her was in this Realization: When they were Together, Her Thoughts were usually with SomeoneSheHadNeverStoppedLoving.

Tragedy

Every Life has its own Tragedy; His was that he loved her long before he met her - and loved her, still, long after she was gone.

Further

Every Man has his Flaws; One of His was that he would go Further than Others. Going Further, He saw ThingsThatOthersWouldNeverSee, He found ThingsThatOthersWouldntUnderstand, and while he was there, He made MistakesOthersWouldNeverMake.