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wThe World is my Oyster |
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I've forgotten what it feels like to be normal.
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wSunday, February 16, 2003 |
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The Lesson Learned...
Somewhere along a much rough and tumble road to relationship maturity, i've learned one true thing. There is no "method", there is no "strategy"; there is no "technique", "procedure" or "protocol" to making it work. All there is.....all that is needed....is love.
I once read somewhere that we all have standards with no exceptions to the love that we want...yet the love we have is the exception to the standard.
I find that this quote so eloquently states the situation of all those IN love....whether it be with your lover, your child, your siblings, your parents. Nobody in this world is perfect...yet the thing we all look for, strive for when looking for love...is the picture of perfection. However, the love we do have for all those who surround us are nothing of. .
I've come a long way...in learning to love, learning to be. To just be.
You all remember those pre-pubescent all-night talks with your best girl of that dream man that you'd one day magically run into....tall, dark, and handsome...and to the few honest ones out there...financially more than stable. haha...and then you come up with a list. Your own personalized list..Its a dangerous list really... because again....its painting a picture of a man who probably doesnt really exist.
I think when two people are destined to be together.....they truly do "fall" in love. And its done...they're stuck. Suddenly, there is no list, there are no " well-he's-missing-this" or "if only he had that" "if only he looked like this"....there's only your perfect man....whose existence makes you believe your sole existence is made complete by him. All his faults, his quirky idiosyncracies just all seem to melt into your "standard".....and then you realize, he IS the standard, because he is the one you love. Who knows how this happens, Lord knows its not easy. But when it happens.....( well for me, at least) i think i would understand why LOVE is the gift of God.
posted by
Laura at 9:52 PM
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