The Dream of Dreams
Sep 22nd 2008Nik AgarwalRantings
In my opinion, life thrives on providing us with opportunities and challenges that help define our character. Even in my own life, I have experienced numerous challenges that have really taught me how I conduct myself as well as my refine my approach to life itself. Perhaps the most divine lesson that life has taught me is the passion of education and how it really is important to wake up and absorb all that we can.
Over the past several years, I’ve really only wanted one thing from life and that was the chance to meet the person I love and spend time with her. My life has been full of complexities, “drama”, as well as adventure. However, I’ve known for sometime that the true serenity missing in my heart was the presence of a loved one. In the past few weeks, I’ve had the rare and sacred opportunity to meet someone special in my life. Her name is Andrea Schmidt, and she is perhaps the only person I’ve ever met that really has taken the time to understand me.
Andrea is from Germany and is a co-op/intern who works at John Deere Waterloo Operations here at Waterloo, Iowa. What really makes her special to me is the fact that she and I have both had similar pasts filled with personal struggles. Moreover, both of us took different paths in our lives and yet we learned the same lessons. Throughout our lives, we both were looking for that someone special who we could rely on, talk to openly, and really understand our own perspectives on life. The question that remains is, “Do I love her?”
For me, personally, the term love is very powerful term and I seldom use it. The term love doesn’t simply imply intense affection for someone or something. Rather, love is a term that encompasses a variety of emotions and thoughts that really are tied to your heart. In other words, these are thoughts and emotions that cannot be changed simply by a few actions and are really a strong bond. To put it simply, Andrea is the only girl I’ve ever truly loved and she really is the center of my heart. Her words, her thoughts, her presence, are all elements that really provide clarity and peace for my soul. She really does give me the happiness and serenity that I have been craving for so many years.
I think it is fair to say that I love Andrea and I want to be with her. What a wonderful life and I could not ask for anything more. Thank you Andrea and I love you!
