Are We There Yet?

Life is a process, not an event. So don't be discouraged by the next step – think of how it will prepare you for the moments to come.

Aah, Love

Love is so beautiful. Real love. Pure love. True love.

Even when I am being ripped to ribbons by love's disappointments, simply seeing love work out for others makes me want to sing.

Don't get me wrong, too much of others' soppiness is certainly nauseating. I recently saw the film Bright Star about a love affair between the 19th Century poet John Keats and a young lady named Fanny Brawne. Well. The extravagance of their swooning got sickly sweet after the first 90 minutes of the film. But that's a side of love usually only visible to the lovers.

I don't understand how anyone can be contemptuous about love. Or cynical and bitter about love. Even when you might not have it yourself, surely seeing the presence of even a little more in the lives of others is cause for celebration?!

Aah, love. I wish I could fly about with Cupid's bow and arrows, granting the purest desires of each heart.

Live Like We're Dying

I was listening to the radio this morning and Kris Allen's song, "Live Like We're Dying", made me imagine several absurd situations.

I do admire the sentiments of the song - it's always good to be reminded not to take life too seriously and to take risks; chase your dreams.

But then I imagine what would happen if I really just quit my job and started writing day and night. If I just went up to that girl and gave her a kiss she'd never forget. If I just gave away all I had and went missioning in deepest darkest Africa.

I guess that's where trusting in Someone Greater with a Plan comes into play. To jump or not to jump?

Heartflicks

I've started a film review blog, because I like chatting about movies that I've seen, but I have very different taste to most of my friends.

So Heartflicks gives my thoughts and movie reviews on the films I see. Would enjoy any comments.

Mastering the Art of Blogging

I recently saw the film, Julie and Julia, which I would highly recommend!! The one thing that struck me while watching the movie, besides the mouthwatering food and Meryl Streep's incredible human chameleon-ness, was that Julie Powell's blog began with a purpose.

She wrote with a plan and deadline in mind that kept her writing accountable and consistent. So here's to a year of blogging purposefully and regularly! 2010 beware!!

A Plea

Would it be weird if I spoke to you in verse

For all our lives – from the chapel to the hearse

Would you like me more if I just made you smile

And never got deeper in the hurt and the trial

I can be funny but I am too serious about you

To risk a mistake coming between us two

Please don’t say I’ve missed my last chance

To teach your heart and soul to dance.

Life of a Cherry Blossom

One blossom echoing all of life

Through spring and autumn both joy and strife

From bud to bloom to ailing grip

From forceful flow to drying drip

Bearing fruit; spreading pleasant scent

Vigorously fulfilling its purpose meant

Till death takes hold and plucks with violent rip

But in descent the spirit wind softens the trip

And gently laid upon the ground

Snuggling into the rest it’s found

Bloom looks unto the ripening seed it’s sown

Seeing the blossomed tree to which it’s grown

And though the blossoms fade the fruit remains