Ad Astra Per Aspera

I am becoming very cynical in relation to the ideology of love.
I'm not convinced that there is a kind of love that is ever-lasting, unconditional & pure.
How can such a thing be believed when one day something that may be the most important thing in your life, can the next be so distant it makes it difficult to fathom that it ever did, truthfully, exist.

Don't be mistaken, I'm quite a loving & warm person.
I would love to be proven wrong.
Yet I think it would take a lot to convince me.

Juno MacGuff: I'm losing my faith in humanity.
Mac MacGuff: Think you can narrow it down for me?
Juno MacGuff: I guess I wonder sometimes if people ever stay together for good.
Mac MacGuff: You mean like couples?
Juno MacGuff: Yeah, like people in love.
Mac MacGuff: Are you having boy troubles? I gotta be honest; I don't much approve of dating in your condition, 'cause well... that's kind of messed up.
Juno MacGuff: Dad, no!
Mac MacGuff: Well, it's kind of skanky. Isn't that what you girls call it? Skanky? Skeevy?
Juno MacGuff: Please stop now.
Mac MacGuff: [persisting] Tore up from the floor up?
Juno MacGuff: Dad, it's not about that. I just need to know if it's possible for two people to stay happy together forever, or at least for a few years.
Mac MacGuff: It's not easy, that's for sure. Now, I may not have the best track record in the world, but I have been with your stepmother for 10 years now and I'm proud to say that we're very happy.
[Juno nods]
Mac MacGuff: In my opinion, the best thing you can do is find a person who loves you for exactly what you are. Good mood, bad mood, ugly, pretty, handsome, what have you, the right person will still think the sun shines out your ass. That's the kind of person that's worth sticking with.

I'm with Juno!

On the other hand, something I do believe is that in order to be successful, in anything, you have to have confidence and faith in yourself. If you truly believe you can do something there is nothing stopping you! So go out and aim for the things you want and with a bit of persistence you shall receive.