Experience and expiry dates,paths and roadblocks

Surprinsingly walls fall down easier when something has an expiry date. It's not the inevitable ending that scares some people, but the fact that they do not see the ending, being incapable of knowing when everything will suddenly stop.
The thought of having a limited period of time, helps them to dive in, fearlessly and thouroughly, without any shadow of regret. When the expiry date comes, they know they have made the most of it. And even when that experience leaves deeper marks on them than they had expected, they still feel happy knowing they'd had the courage to take the risk of giving in, of losing their solid ground for a moment. But was that truly courage? Or was it the comfort of believing they did all their best, of knowing the pre-established end was not their fault and that they would not bear in any way the responsability of a break-up?
Courage implies moving onto a path , despite fears and hesitations - for some the terror lies in seeing from the start that their their path is blocked, for others in not seeing the roadblock at all...

Within Temptation - All I Need