The truth is not always what we want to hear, but it is what we need to know.
When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what would calls a romance.
I will hazard a prediction. When you are 80 years old, and in a quiet moment of reflection narrating for only yourself the most personal version of your life story, the telling that will be most compact and meaningful will be the series of choices you have made. In the end, we are our choices. Build yourself a great story.
The universe is a unified whole.