I never had enough time. I couldn't start a family. I couldn't watch my friends grow and change. I never rested while I journeyed. For years now, I've wondered if maybe I could have just ignored everything. Settled down. Took life at a slower pace. If I’d only stopped for a moment, if I could have had what I wanted. But I didn't.
I believed that I would have it all later. That I’d go over just one more hill and I’d be done. Just that one extra task and then I swear I’ll stop. Well, if there’s one thing I learned it’s that for ponies like us, that next hill is never the end. It’s always just one more.
Learn from my mistake, if you see that thing you want, that thing you shouldn't, couldn't want to live without - take it and never let go. I did. I hate myself for letting it go.
I fought so long because I thought that if I kept going, I’d have my happy ending. I fought because I thought that if I gave up, I’d not earned it.
So, life lesson number one: When you have it, you have it. It’s not a trick. It’s real. If you have a good thing, never let it go, not even for that noble dream.
Whoever said that it was "better to have loved and lost rather than never loved at all" obviously never knew what they were talking about. At least those that have never loved never felt the anguish I did.