Ya know, I used to ask "What for?"
Now I say, "Why the heck not?!"
Life is much too short to be making excuses all the time. There just isn't time for justification. Somebody really smart once reminded me, "Be who you are and love where it takes you."
Something I've figured out in the past couple of weeks: Be you, and people will love you for it. And guess what? That allows you to love them back.