Then too often one sees that a young man or woman, perhaps from great cautiousness, or a fundamental lack of confidence or trust, will have several love affairs at a time, thinking to choose at last the one that may seem closest to his or her ideal. Although this way may prove successful up to a point, it certainly will prevent ultimate success in life. For love is the power that is the original cause of creation; it is the battery working behind the mechanism of the universe; and this original power is crippled in the individual when he attempts to divide it by directing it towards more than one whom he regards as possible objects of his love.