"I have a history of making decisions very quickly about men. I have always fallen in love fast and without measuring risks. I have a tendency not only to see the best in everyone, but to assume that everyone is emotionally capable of reaching his highest potential. I have fallen in love more times than I could count with the highest potential of a man, rather than with the man himself, and then I have hung on to the relationship for a long time (sometimes far too long) waiting for the man to ascend to his own greatness. Many times in romance I have been the victim of my own optimism." --Eat. Pray. Love.
I'm not really hasty, but, I do admit that I fall in love with my own optimism... and I really need to not do this. It's not fair to anyone, including the men. They always feel like they don't measure up... cause they don't measure up to what I think they could be... and the more I try to encourage them, the more useless they feel. It's a horrible and unintentional cycle.
In this new era, I shall take things as they come...
I so have that same quote in my quote book. I even have a journal entry with it...a good quote.
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