You did what your heart told you to do,' Brain complimented. 'It is what leaders, not followers, do.

We don't miss what we never had, but we miss terribly things we almost had. And we miss things we used to have most of all. Through we hope and pray for our relationships, our looks, and our lives to improve, having more also means having more to lose.

If you expect nothing, you can never be disappointed. Apart from a few starry-eyed poets or monks living on a mountaintop somewhere, however, we all have expectations. We not only have them, we need them. They fuel our dreams, our hopes, and our lives like some super-caffeinated energy drink.

Talk is cheap. If it wasn't, people might not toss around 'I love you' like a marked-down phrase in a sales bin.

Worry may not change the outcome, but it definately affects the outlook.

I never understood why you tried so hard to fit in, when you were obviously meant to stand out.

Breaking free, or not, is usually determined by whether you want to get somewhere slowly or nowhere fast.