Myth No. 14
There is nothing like the real thing.
I don't believe there is a real substitute for intimate human love and romance. It's natural to miss the heady rush of falling in love- the way it heightens every one of our senses and replaces the monotony of the solitary life with drama and dimension. Once tasted, it is hard to live without. But if you're in between loves, how are you going to live in the meantime? In a dreary self-absorbed vacuum or a vibrant playground? I say, get out the finger paints. Try to see the world for a day as an artist sees it- passionately!
Romancing your life creates energy, energy makes you happy, being happy brings back your sense of humor, and laughing makes you pretty. Everyone is suddenly asking you, "Are you in love?" and all you have to say is, "Yes, in fact, I am in love- with snails and poems and pastry flour and a cloud shaped like a Mozart's ponytail and Dave Matthew's voice and the smell of fresh sheets and the squish of wet earth in the garden and the way I feel singing Etta James on my bicycle on a fall day-
but other than that, no, not really."
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