First Love Never Dies

Do you still remember your very first love?

Poets and songwriters alike say that first love never dies. You never forget that first person who made your heart beat incredibly fast, who made you go through many a sleepless night, who filled your mind to the point that it's impossible to spend a day without thinking of him/her, who made you yearn for things you have never dreamed of before.

More often than not, your first love is also the first person who broke your heart.

Now, let's fast forward to ten years down the line. As if by some cosmic joke, you meet your first love again, quite by chance. Both of you have grown older and, hopefully, wiser. You have built lives apart from each other. And yet, the spark that drew the two of you together that very first time is still there.

What would you do?

You typically have two choices when you come to this crossroad. You either drop everything you've got going right now and find a way to rekindle that spark into the white-hot flame it once was.

Or you could let things stay the way they are right now and let your first love remain as they have always been all these years – a bittersweet memory.

The first choice is very easy. All you need to do is follow your heart, throw everything to the wind and rush into your first love's arms. Then you and your first love can live your happily ever after as if it was meant to be.

The second choice requires you to be sensible. It requires some cold thinking and putting your mind over your heart. You have built a life away from your first love all these years. That life may mean a spouse, kids, a home, a career. It's a matter of weighing if your first love is worth giving up everything just to relive that old love again.

First love never dies – that much is true. If there aren't any strings attached, then maybe your first love can be the one love of your life. But life never gives us anything in neat packages like that. There are choices that need to be made, and choices sometimes need some sacrifice.

Do you still remember your first love? What would you do if you chanced upon him/her again?