They say that there is a special someone for everyone. Unfortunately life is short and most people spend way too much time searching and not enough time enjoying. More often than not, the journey to success is completed long before that special someone is found. My dilemma is just that. As I approach the culmination of years of work, my appreciation of its success becomes less and less. What good is success, financial or otherwise, if I am the only one who understands what went into achieving it? Telling the story to a special someone is not as intimate as remembering it together. Sadly, I have pretty much given up the hope that I will meet someone who believes in their heart that achieving things together is as important as sharing that which has been achieved.

If reading this touches your heart, and you are in that stage of life where you have yet to experience those things in life which can be so wonderful - success in something that you enjoy and believe in, children and a place that you can call home - I would love to hear from you. We probably have much in common as I have never been married, have no children and have yet to feel truly fulfilled. Maybe you can rekindle the flame of hope which I used to have about meeting someone who feels the same way that I do.

Of note, I did not include a picture of myself because I do not want to receive first responses based, in any way, upon a positive response to my appearance. While physical attractiveness has gotten me into many relationships in the past – and I do not regret any of them – relationships based upon initial physical responses have always lacked the closeness that comes from knowing what is inside a person. In fact, a person’s true uniqueness is usually overshadowed and blurred by his or her physically attractive look. However, if your heart responds to what I have written, and you want to know more about me, I will include pictures of myself in my first e-mail.