Why waste this life not loving?

"You are the sixth,"

"The sixth.... so which one am I then?"

"You are who I love: the one on the pedestal, the fantasy, the make believe things that are actually true. You are what I love: the depth, the inside jokes, the best friend. You are when I love: a new history is being started with you, we are the young lovers our older selves will someday reminisce about. You are where I love: Because I’d go anywhere just to be with you. You are why I love: Because before you, I didn’t truly understand what I was looking for. Now that we found each other, you’ve given my past and future a meaning. You're the sixth. You're the last."

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"The feeling of young love is unique and impossible to replace or replicate because we can only be that age once."

"High school was the time of innocence, discovery, and adventure. We shared these three elements together and things like our first kiss, late night sneaking out, and man-named movies. All in which has become a nostalgic love, preserved in a time where neither of us can touch, but no one was there. Even though we were just kids, there’s not a doubt in my mind that we were there; we were in love."

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"One of the greatest gifts we have of being alive is the ability to give, receive, and even lose love… What a waste if we don’t strive to love in our lives."

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A little director's note for everyone:

...I hope this short shows that your future holds others who you have yet to fall in love with (and maybe once again lose). There is time ahead of you, and in this time you will find love in other ways, or perhaps love will return to you, I can’t tell you for certain, but I can tell you not to completely lose yourself in the present, and try to believe that one day you will look back on the ones you’ve “lost” the same way the man in the film does, with understanding and joy.

To the older viewers: I hope this short can remind you of what you’ve learned from each encounter of love, even if it seemed terrible back then, you have had the gift of time to teach you why it happened, and how you grew from it.

Remember…who, what, when, where, why they are your last, and be thankful. For there are many who are still on that journey you were once on. Encourage them; the lost to keep hopeful, the troubled to keep fighting for, and the cynics to keep believing in, love.