Sometimes you don't aim for the best. Sometimes you could go with something less, but equally satisfying. Like a squirrel, trying to get to the top of a tree. He could stop in the middle, only getting one acorn, instead of the dozens of acorns at the top of the tree, the best, the ultimate goal. The squirrel could settle for something less, one acorn. Less energy, equally satisfying. He could then rest, and try again, and again, each time his price getting bigger. One acorn, two acorns, three acorns.
But could this be said for love?
Love was so complicated, like a winding pipe through complex machines, winding pipes that seemingly lead to nowhere, or like tree leaves, floating down a tree, and drifting away by the wind. You never see where it goes, but yet you always know that it goes somewhere.
Oh, but only if the same could be said about love. Nothing could ever be more complicated, not winding pipes nor drifting leaves nor climbing squirrels. Bigger actions lead to bigger results, bigger consequences, bigger risks. If a squirrel aimed for the top at the very beginning, he could fall at the top, and get hurt. If the squirrel slowly tried multiple times, however, each time farther and farther, he could get used to the rhythm and not fall. That is why you make little steps at a time, little by little, and if you fall you could gently hit the ground and try again. If you go for the top immediately, then if you fall you wouldn't get a second chance. Once it's over, it's over. Little by little, you could build up your steps, and finally, at the top, even if you do fail, you go back down 2 steps, and start again.
But it takes risks. You have to be careful not to rush, because if you do, you could be like a squirrel, falling two steps and gaining one, falling two steps and gaining one. Be careful, be patient, be willing to wait and learn. Two steps down, three steps up. Two steps down, three steps up. Be patient, never rush, and even when at times when you want to burst and go to the finish line, don't. Your rush will only get you back down again. Two steps down, three steps up. Two steps down, three steps up.
However, love could never be true if there aren't risks. You have to have courage. Not the kind of courage you have when you face the fire lord, but the kind of courage you have keep down. Although it may seem that literal courage is much harder then mental courage, you could be wrong. When the time comes, you will truly see that mental courage is harder to muster up then anything else combined, harder then mastering an element, harder then trekking through an endless pile of sand.
Love takes risks, yet you have to be patient. I desperately want to tell her the way I feel about her, to get it over with already, and only hope if she feels the same. But, you have to slowly build up your steps. Gain her trust, gain her courage, gain her heart.
And soon you will get to the top.
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