Wednesday, December 05, 2007

New York, New York

Let me ask you this. Do you think you can fall in love with someone that you don't really know at all?
The reason I ask, I live in New York City with almost 8 million other people and I always thought.. who knows, the person sitting next to you on the subway could be your soul mate. My point is, the instant before you do meet them, they are strangers to you and you to them.

Strangers.

In this city, an absolute stranger can inspire you.
You can walk past the same building every day and not even realize the person who lives there is one day going to be your best friend. Maybe someone who desperately needs a best friend. It's my favorite thing about New York. You have got some people on top of the world, others scraping rock bottom.

On any given day, you never know who you are going to meet. Maybe it will be someone just trying to clean up their act, as tough as that might be. Or maybe someone living their life with reckless abandon. Someone trying to lose themselves completely.

But we are all forced together. Everyday. And the only thing that separates us is chance. Fate maybe. You go through your life, your daily struggles. You think you are alone but you are not. 8 million people in this city. And anyone of them, anyone, at any time can walk into your life and change it.
Forever.

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