Measure of a man...

When I think of what I want in a significant other I often stump myself. I mean it is hard to draw out the details, because if you do that you run the risk of never finding what you are looking for. However if you just live your life and go down the road of your choosing perhaps along that road you will find exactly what you never knew you wanted. I know of the general qualities that I would like to see in someone that I could spend my life with, and I know alot of the bigger things that I want out of that life spent with them. However, what I dont know is who that person is, or where I will ever find them.

People often tell me that I am young and still have a lot of time to figure these things out. But, what if I want the future to start now. Life isnt that long, and we only live once. Why should we let ourselves get caught up in immaturity and youth and continue to push of the real goals of our future till a later time. I don't think that the idea of giving up ones youth to start their adult life too early is a bad thing. I know that when I find the right person for me I will regret not having found them sooner, because I will wish to have spent all the time that I could with them. And perhaps timing does matter. If you find the right one at the wrong time it may not work, but I would like to think that I could find someone now, and that would be the person with whom I spend the rest of my life.