It finally happened, didn't it? At last, you arrived at the same conclusion some girl you liked in high school arrived at, only that was fifteen years ago and after long periods of denial, anger, fear of being alone, and pseudo-bargaining you finally accepted that no girl thinks you are good enough for them. The figurative, or maybe even literal "last girl on earth" said she would rather eat dirt, chew glass, or wash their eyes out with benzene than go out with you, no matter how nice you look, are, smell, smile and/or speak (did I say smell? Hey, you had a shower! Way to go, you smell great)!
Wow, it seemed like you really had your heart set on this girl: I mean, she is really nice, and she thinks of you only as her friend because you are someone she can trust and respects because you are opinionated and confident, though never afraid to ask for help or admit you made a mistake like upsetting the table, when you sneezed during that Monopoly game on Games Night at a mutual friend's house and caused all the hotels to fall over, but you were not what she was expecting (At least you showered). In other words: She was looking for someone to reach that bar way up there in the sky; alright, by sky I mean stratosphere, and by stratosphere I mean deep space. In the end, nothing matters because you are didn't get married, you never announced to your church, workplace, marketplace, family, or friends that you were engaged, you never got down on one knee and popped the question, you never went on a date, you never went to PROM because the girl you asked had to wash her hair, no girl ever wrote you a serious letter of interest, and no girl ever WANTED to look at you THAT way (the way girls do in the movies that you watch alone at the movie theater, on YouTube, or that illegal video of the new film coming out in a couple of weeks o_O). Game over, you lose, EPIC FAIL, D'OH, Flair Flop, iJustine go BOOM!
Fifteen years is a long time to come to that realization, a REALLY long time (you showered though, that's important)! I mean you liked a GROSS amount of girls; not all at once, I mean...well, I don't know...you know what I mean! You thought about, daydreamed about kissing, and dreamed voluntarily or involuntarily about marrying each of these girls. Tell you what: I'll stop talking so you can think back about all the girls you were crazy about, from your first crush that you teased only because you really liked her to the latest young lady that went for someone who is way better than you. I will even provide some suitable music you can play in the background; all you need to do is line up the still photos of each girl in your mind and go through them one by one like a retrospective or a memorial piece. Whenever you are ready, click here and a new tab will appear on your browser. This blog will be here when you are ready to continue ^_^ So Wayne Gretzky is in it, big deal (Are you telling me he didn't shower?)!
This is the perfect time to circle the wagons and analyze what you have. Rejection from the last girl on Earth means you have all this energy to do other, more meaningful and productive things instead of spend the rest of your natural life with the girl of your dreams and become a loving husband and father to 2.3 children! I'm pretty sure there is something you like or something you enjoy doing? List a few things if need be, but they must be things you enjoy doing AND other people confirm you enjoy doing like...playing Ultimate (Hi Jeff), working at the homeless shelter (Hi Geoff), playing a myriad of musical instruments (Hi Bethany), slapping the bass (Hi Rony...and Spencer), writing words and making sentences (Hi ABC, Melody, and...Laurie), teaching kids at school (Hi Andrew and Jessica...oh yeah, and Andrea), talking to mass amounts of people about a certain subject you feel passionately about (Hi Pastor Pye and Pastor Craig), or extinguishing this electrical fire in my room (Hi Ross...wait, what?) o_OIt should be a short list, but if it is long that's fine, too ^_^ You know, as we look at that list I can't help but notice you have lots of value, I mean for someone who is "not good enough". It is ironic for someone like you to stop thinking about the opposite sex and recall those moments when you used those gifts to brighten someone's day or put smiles on the faces of total strangers who were in attendance. Maybe you did it as part of a school assignment, and while you didn't get the mark you thought you deserved, you completed a task you didn't think could be done, and had enough time left over to do other things you enjoy like playing Star Wars Episode 1 Racer on the Nintendo 64, or learning how to be a semi-competent piano player after twenty years away from the dreaded machine (Wait a second, that's me). It's possible through those 'gifts' you thought about earlier you made friends that you didn't have before? It is also possible because of your friends you have those 'gifts' you didn't know you had? You may have family, in some meaningful capacity, who have your back as well, right? Whether in blood or in spirit, they support you and love you even when it takes you two years to break the infamous 35-second barrier at Mon Gazza Speedway with Mars Guo, the greatest Star Wars pod racer of all-time (wait, that's me, too o_O 34.83 seconds at Mon Gazza + 5-time Star Wars Racer Tournament champion, but who's counting? ^_^). Their love for you is unconditional, and you feel the same about each of them. On top of all those things, you had a shower!
Wait a second, I have the answer: You are more than good enough, because you count in the eyes of so many people! Just because they are not around all the time, or you aren't with a particular girl doesn't mean you are the least among the peoples of the Earth; it just means they are giving you a break to restore some of your coolness and energy! You are an amazing, wonderful, and valuable person with so much to give. However, time is short, and you don't have as much time as you did fifteen years ago; you must inspire others around you to take those things you believe they are good at and enjoy doing, so they can be cool and energetic people as well. Then, they pay it forward, and those friends pay it forward, and so on and so forth. Yes, it would be nice to eventually get looked at by some girl in the process of doing something enjoyable, but you will have so much fun doing that enjoyable thing that finally being liked by a girl after fifteen years of going about things the wrong way that experience will be the cherry on top of the Man's Bowl of your favourite ice cream, with the knowledge you showered before diving into that ice cream and eating it without fear of it going straight to your thighs after you finish! ^_^
Oh thank you so much for you kind words and support! For the first time in fifteen years I feel...! I mean, I'm so glad I could help you feel so much better about your situation. Let me know in the comments how everything worked out, alright? ^_^
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