The Walk

You could have just walked right past the love of your life this morning as you hurried down the city street, bundled in scarves clinging onto the hope you won't miss the next train.

But you're never going to know the truth, will you? Because even if there ever comes a time when she will walk beside you, you're never going to remember every single person who has walked against you.

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H: Do you really think there is only one perfect mate?
L: As a matter of fact, I do.
H: Well then how can you be certain to find them? And if you do find them, are they really the one for you or do you only think they are? And what happens if the person you're supposed to be with never appears, or, or she does, but you're too distracted to notice?
L: You learn to pay attention.
H: Then let's say God puts two people on Earth and they are lucky enough to find one another. But one of them gets hit by lightning. Well then what? Is that it? Or, perchance, you meet someone new and marry all over again. Is that the lady you're supposed to be with or was it the first? And if so, when the two of them were walking side by side were they both the one for you and you just happened to meet the first one first or, was the second one supposed to be first? And is everything just chance or are some things meant to be?

-- from Ever After