I dunno if it's optimism, really... maybe it's just faith that everyone wants it? Even if we don't know how we're going to get there yet.

[ There are still places where she knows she's just as shaky and uncertain, after all. It is easier to say and believe that when she isn't directly involved, but at least at this moment, she has the clarity to recognize how it applies to her, too. ]

After all this time, we're still together, and we keep finding each other.