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Post by Gibby on Jan 14, 2006 10:00:08 GMT -5
"because..." by Maryanne Radmacher
because i call it challenge rather than crisis;
because i look at hardship as opportunity instead of obstacle;
because, at the end of a matter, i ask, "what will i learn from this to make me better?";
because i take a deep breath & do the difficult thing first;
because my courage does not depend on the weather, the economic forecast or the winds of whim;
because i know the most significant elements in my day are laughter, learning and applying my finest efforts to each endeavor;
because of these things each morning is a pleaseure and every day passed is a success.
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Post by Gibby on Jan 14, 2006 19:00:42 GMT -5
After a full day of watching various “Chick Flick” movies, if you will, something in one of them had given me some things to ponder. One of which being this....
I know that it is possible to be sitting next to someone and have that ache in your chest of missing them, because I have felt it before, to be so close, yet so far away. Which I guess was a sign in itself. ~shrugs~ but that is a different issue in itself. My question is this. Do you think something of the opposite of this is true, that it is possible to have that ache in your chest of missing someone you feel like you know though you have never met them in person? Is that even possible? Or is that ache really something different, unrelated? Because all my pondering hasn‘t been able to come to an answer regarding this, if it is true….or even CAN be true. After analyzing the situation in the movie and pondering this question….I have yet to come to a definitive answer. One would say that it would be impossible based on logic and common sense…to miss someone that you have never even met…..but do you have to have actually met someone in order to miss them if they disappear or go away, or are unable to talk to them for a period of time? On the other hand, one could also say that this could be possible if it were a matter of the heart….that the actual physical meeting would not be necessary if they knew each other. The heart and the mind often tend to conflict each other, though. What the heart could tell you, could very well conflict and contradict with what your mind is telling you. The question is though, as to which do you listen?
One of my movie choices was Beauty and the Beast, one of my favorite movies. Now, I have seen it a million times....and have NEVER cried at ANY point in the movie. Now,....the fact that it had me in tears at the end....not bawling, mind you....but slight tears are enough.....does that mean that I've hit some new emotional low? Or that I'm still at my emotional low from everything that has been happening between all the stress and drama? ~shrugs~ perhaps it just means that I was really into the movie, invested in the storyline this time,...really thinking about what was going on, how their love gradually built up, but she didn't tell him until it was too late,...(insert crying moment referenced earlier here)...even though it worked out in the end. She was able to overcome the obstacles, and did not let it stand in the way of love.
And Titanic, well, it ALWAYS makes me cry. It's one of a handful of movies that make me cry....though this one is one of those flat out bawling, making me cry movies.... It just goes to show that two people, from very different backgrounds, can overcome their obstacles if they truly love each other. And that anything is possible when it comes to love and things could work out if you fight for it....fight for what you want. If it is meant to be, it will work out. Though I guess that their situation did not work out ultimately, but they were together til the end....~sighs~
And maybe I'm just a romantic optimist.......holding on to the fact that I believe my Prince Charming is out there, and will find me and sweep me off my feet. But isn't everyone looking for that? Some one who loves me for who I am, and will be able to treat me the way that I deserve to be treated…..the man who makes me happy now and for the rest of my life…...
And even though I‘m a romantic optimist…it’s hard for me too….because I have dated a handful of shady guys, well, if you could even really call it that. And I have been hurt in the past by all these guy in some regards, though never abusive in any way…so it is hard for me to accept that someone great could actually be interested in me. Like it is too good to be true that someone great would be interested in me. Plain, old, average me. If that makes any sense. ~shrugs~ it probably doesn’t, but anyway. And it could be entirely possible that I might have even just gotten all caught up with my ex-boyfriend and the fact that he was interested in me and NOT a shady guy…that perhaps I really didn’t take the time to determine if that was really what I wanted to make me happy, if he could make me happy.
I don't know, I just have this hope that things really do work out in real life like they do in the movies...but you know what,…. I'm just not ready to give up on those hopes quite yet….
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Pixie
Starbound Butterfly
faith and trust and pixie dust
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Post by Pixie on Jan 15, 2006 14:47:13 GMT -5
yes-you can miss someone you have never met-hence the pain of online friends going away for a while-I know that for a fact-and I am still waiting in a way for Prince Charming....although my hope of finding him is very slim I still hold on to that slight bit of hope-that I will have the fairy tale ending I have always wanted-love you*hugs tightly*
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Post by Gibby on Jan 16, 2006 12:42:01 GMT -5
Thanks Pix.....and I'm sure that he is out there.....just keep looking, and don't give up....well,..I take that back actually...don't look for him, because they say that you will find him when you are not looking for him. This I do believe, and have seene it happen before....
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Post by Gibby on Jan 16, 2006 12:59:02 GMT -5
ok,...so I was up early again today....another day for me to sleep in, where my mind and body had other intentions for me......so my "Chick Flick" marathon continues.....
I watched Ever After....a favorite of mine. One of my favorite parts from this movie is when Prince Henry is talking to Da Vinci about who he is supposed to marry and how he should know whom he should be with. It always makes me think everything time I watch it, about if that is really how it is and how you should know.....
"Prince Henry-Do you really think there is only one perfect mate?
Da Vinci-As a matter of fact, I do.
Henry-Well, then how can you be certain to find them? And if you do find them, are they really the one for you, or do you only think they are? And what happens if the person you are supposed to be with never appears, or she does, but you are too distracted to notice?
Da Vinci-You learn to pay attention.
Henry- Then let's say,..God puts two people on Earth and they are lucky enough to find one another, but one of them gets hit by lightning? Well then what? Is that it? Or perchance you meet someone new and marry all over again? Is that the lady you are supposed to be with? Or is it the first? And if so, if the two of them were walking side by side were they both the one for you, and you just happened to be the first one first, or was the second one supposed to be first? And is everything just chance, or is some things just meant to be?
Da Vinci-You cannot leave everything to fate, boy. She's got a lot to do. Sometimes you must give her a hand."
Because it's like, how do you know? How do you really know when you meet someone if they are the person for you........to spend your life with?
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Post by Gibby on Jan 24, 2006 19:30:32 GMT -5
..........I suck.....and I feel like a terrible person right now.....
....I know there are many people out in this world that would disagree with me....but I can't help the way I feel right now.....
....that's all I have to say on the matter......
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Post by Gibby on Feb 19, 2006 23:01:30 GMT -5
...so things are kinda looking up. I don't feel like I suck really, anymore....but maybe i've just been too busy, and haven't really had time to think about that one.....i don't know, it's hard to say.
...it's funny how things end up and work out....without really knowing why...or how.....they end up like that. First of all, let me just tell you, if you haven't read your horoscope on Yahoo.com,...then you really should....at least the horoscope for the year 2006.....I have never been one to read horoscopes, but some of my co-workers have been reading theirs and have been saying that they were head on,..so i was curious. Mine was head on as well. It went on to describe how I hated to be in the spotlight and the center of attention, but this year I could not help it. I would be in the spotlight, but it would be all my fault. That in the last part of 2005, I had put professional plans into motion, and this year they will pay off, and I will be recognized for my hard work and effort.
...this has to do with my timing issue, and how it's funny how things happen. Within that last week and a half, I applied for a new job at the same comapny, but in a different department, and found out that I am going to work in London for 3 weeks, starting the 25th and going until the 17th of March. Crazy, huh? especially with the timing of all this? that a department where i was feeling under appreciated and ready to leave, now is trusting me enough to send me to London for at least 3 weeks. I don't know if it will be more, but sometimes people go over there and end up staying longer because they are needed and like it a lot. Isn't it ironic, dontcha think?
.....sooo...speaking of that, i'm not exactly sure what sort of internet access i am going to have over there,....i will try to read the boards as much as possible,...i just don't know what possible is....email would probably be the best method to reach me...and if not,..then i'll talk to you all when i get back......but i will be gone form the 25th through the 17th.
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