Hello Karma, I've been expecting you

So you figure out what you want, where you are going. You are on your path in life. Sometimes I think wow, this is really happening, which seems strange considering the detours and wrong turns I have taken.
Do you ever look back on your life and think, did that really happen? Did I really know all those people so well at that point? At certain points in my life it doesn't really seem like that was actually me, not the person I am, or at least who I've become. Are there just different "me"'s from different era's of my life? Is this just another version or stage of who I will eventually be? When do you stop growing and changing, because if we don't then we will never be the same "Me". Sure you still have the same underlying characteristics and niches that make the essence of who you are, but always learning and experiencing will you ever really arrive at your true self? Perhaps just different versions of true selves.
What about turning points when you feel like you have reached your goals or are very close to it, if you keep changing and growing will you become more satisfied or will it lead you to another path or road? When you feel like you have enough or at least good ground work for the achievable perhaps it is time to go for other things. Now that you are satisfied maybe it's time to pick up in the exciting aspects of life, like looking for someone special.
Now however, when you feel you are ready I think the old rule applies, stand for something or you will fall for anything. I think it's almost more dangerous to let yourself fall when yo feel you have everything else going for you. Since you feel everything else is going well you'll assume this will too. You might give it all away to the first person who seems good when things are going good. Perhaps it is safer to fall when you are in a more cautious state, unsure about other aspects of your life might make you more yielding about who you give your heart to.
However, being hopeless as I am I say in the case of everything being in order and things are going great maybe just leave things in the hand of Karma, maybe it's your time to shine and let all the good things come to you. So what if he isn't the one, a few broken hearts will just make the right one more worth it. Plant Lavender for Luck, and fall in love every chance you get. Your former selves may not have gotten it right, and your future selves may not either, but at least at the arrival of who you are going to be you'll have some good stories under your belt.
Until then,
The Hopeless Romantic xox