Maybe

I hate maybe. To me it has always meant, "I have an answer, but I don't want to say it." I always feel the answer was decided upon instantly. Almost always it is the answer you don't want to hear. It is the less harsh way of saying no.

Unless, it give hope. If it gives hope (the giving of false hope being a sin worthy of a special place in Hell.) it will do far greater damage in the long run. Sometimes it is best to say no and allow the other person to move on with their life. Not have them hanging in the limbo of maybe.

Sometimes, though, it is nice to postpone the reality with the hope of maybe. But everyday there is hope, the more destructive the devastation of no will be.

I guess I can try to work with a maybe, but listen, don't forget what I had said to you. Time changes everything, but that doesn't change what was said to you. No matter what happens. It will still be true. Or, I will be wrong.

"Far better it is to have a stout heart always and suffer one's share of evils, than to be ever fearing what may happen." - Herodotus