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Chance

So... Today my shares in Hershey are up about 16 percent.  I bought my Hershey shares ages ago.  I didn't do anything special to make them go up by 16 percent.  In fact... I've done nothing but hold them since the initial purchase.

I feel like a lot of life is like this.  I mean... Think about the people you know?  Did you specially know where to find those people?  Or were you just out one night and start chatting with them because they sat beside you?  I feel like a big part of life is chance.

Especially when it comes to finding love and dating.  A lot of my friends are all like getting married and having babies and what not... and I'm still going on awkward first dates.  It's because they got lucky and just happened to cross paths with someone early in life.  I'm still waiting for that to happen.  So far I've only crossed paths with one girl that really just caught my heart and really captured my attention.  There was no "trying" to find her.  It was just one day... All of a sudden... She was there.  And obviously gone again, although it's been a long and slow decline of her leaving my life.

I feel like when I meet whoever I meet next that will really grab my heart, it will be not because I worked hard to find her... But just like today's surprise gain of 16 percent on my Hershey shares...

It will just be chance.  I'll just suddenly be sitting next to her when I'm out somewhere.  Or maybe we'll end up working together.  Or maybe we'll just meet randomly through a mutual friend.  I would say the dating sites... But I've given up hope on dating sites.  I still have accounts but I barely reply.

It's just luck.

I just feel unlucky I guess.  I feel like the only thing I have is the hope that I'll meet that special someone that I get excited about.  That I feel that special little excited feeling that I once felt in the past for that one girl.  But hopefully there will be another that will produce that same feeling.

So far it's just the opposite of luck for me when it comes to love.  When it comes to Hershey stock... It's luck.  Maybe that's because of all those people that are lucky that are out there buying chocolates for their sweethearts.  So their luck in love is my luck in investment returns.

Well... Hopefully one day I too will be as lucky as those who are lucky to find love.  I'm certainly jealous of anyone that has that.

So far my next three events and chances to meet people will be hanging out with my friend Jess when she comes back into town, going to my neighbor's play and going to the Franklin Institute Science After Hours Treasure Hunt event.  Maybe the future love of my life will be at one of those events.  Maybe not?  But who knows.  After all... There are so many people that have stories of...

"If I hadn't gone out that night, I wouldn't have met my significant other."

So... Just have to keep going out to places in hopes of becoming one of those same people.