It can be a person, or a thing, or maybe even a dream you know deep down will never be realistic. Whatever it is, it’s the first thing you think about when you wake up in the morning, and the last thing you think about at night before you go to sleep. It’s the person, or thing, you spend your time dreaming and yearning for in the deepest parts of your soul. The hope of it is what keeps you going, no matter how small the chance is that you may actually get it. It’s the glimpse of it that keeps you from going completely and totally insane. The only thing that could be worse is getting what you thought you could never have, and then getting it taken away again, because then you’ve known what it’s like to really have. You know what it’s like to really hold in your arms and call yours. To not just daydream about tasting it, or feeling it, but to actually taste and feel it. Then realize you can never do those things again, no matter how bad you crave it. This is what I think about as I watch Nathan Daley effortlessly toss his North Face into his locker.
