Love

Love is like picking vegetables in a garden. Pick them too soon and they're not ripe enough. Pick them too late and they've already gone bad. A good gardener knows exactly when to pick his or her vegetables.
You can fall in love too soon and not be ready for it. Or you can fall in love too late and it's gone. But like the good gardener, the smart person knows when he or she has found love and grabs it.
Of course, like vegetables, love needs time to grow, plus some tenderness and care. If you don't take care of love it will never grow. Then again, too much care, too much attention, and it falls apart. But, and I probably don't even need to say this, if you're patient and caring enough and attentive enough, love can be delicious.