Perfection. Is. Perception.

In a perfect world, he would be standing at the end of the hallway, seeing her wail in hopeless agony as once again her heart shattered into a million pieces. In a perfect world, he would only wait until she looked up from her tears to see him before he rushed to her, pulling her into his arms. In a perfect world, he would rock her and whisper soothing words to comfort her as she sobbed her woes uncontrollably into his chest. In a perfect world, he would kiss her tears away and promise to never let her go.

But we don't live in a perfect world. Much as we like to imagine our perfect storybook moments, rarely to they ever actually occur. As much as I would like to be caught typing this, have the person read it and understand exactly what I'm talking about, and vow to reform, in most likelihood it will not happen. It would be nice...maybe. But maybe it's better that it doesn't.

Even though our world isn't as "perfect" as we wish it was, it isn't as bad as it could be either. There is always something worse than crying alone, never being held, or heartbreak. Even when you feel that you are dying inside, that moment will pass. Life is imperfect, as are the people we come into contact with on a daily basis. It will hurt, on almost a daily basis. We live in a fallen world and that is how it will be until God decides it's time for it to end. Rejection, pain, turmoil, heartbreak, wars, hunger, hate, tears, death, loneliness, sorrow, and hundreds of other woes we wish we didn't have to go through will still exist, whether we like it or not. It may be a long, long time until they are done away with or it may be tomorrow--that's up to God.

To end this sad, midnight saga, I must include some advice for myself and anyone who actually bothers to read this: don't feed yourself perfect fantasies and know that even when life seems the worst, you're probably getting the better end of it. You may save yourself a lot of disappointment if you keep to that wisdom. Therein concludes a midnight rambling. Go to bed.