The Notebook

Caught the last 45 minutes of the movie, "The Notebook," tonight. Schmaltzy story line aside, it had some rather poignant thoughts.

Should she choose between her fiance or her first true love? Someone who will take care of her, whose personality she knows or someone who is a wild card but passionate and meets her mind on ideals?

Of course in the movie, she promptly "finds herself" and knows her needs. It's not so simple in real life. There are responsibilities: community, family, children, etc. A person gets used to shoving his/her needs aside while going through the daily motions. Then a wake-up call arrives. You find yourself wondering, now what? It's more than just two people. And it impacts many varied things.

You need to take time to think, figure out your needs, weigh options. Not involve the other person because it's simply wrong (though on some level it seems right).

Then your're also left wondering, I hope I didn't lose a dear friend.