"I'M KNOWINGLY IGNORANT OF THAT FAMILIAR STRANGER IN THAT tiny CORNER OF THE ROOM."
hello lovebirds :)
AMALINAAAAAA!!!! OMG I'M SO SORRY!!! :((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( i've totally missed you, aunty, and i really can't believe i let your name slip outta my mind :( i'm sorry babesy, i really am! i do miss you like truckloads and we're so so far apart now, and it's all my fault, i'm sorry :( i miss you, you know? and i miss having you around at recess and other lame school activities that were made fun, just because you're there. i'm so sorry i didn't mean to miss you out, really.. you were one of the main ingredients to me having fun in BVSS :) go out. soon. or i go down to NP to eat lunch with you. hee hee love :D
Mr. Deli, tha gaol agam ort.
(figure that out. hee)
anyway, i felt compelled to speak on love. because, love, as shenna and realized that day, means everything in 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 and love = God because He did say in His word, that God is love. so when we say "i love you" to someone, you're actually saying "i God you".
how that makes sense, i have no idea. but i just know that there's so much more to those four letters than we give credit for.
when we say we love someone, we are saying that:
"yes, i will be patient and kind, i will not be envious, i will not be boastful. i will neither be proud nor rude, and i will not be self-seeking. i will not lose my temper at you easily, and i will not enjoy evil, scrupulous things, but celebrate and be joyous in things good, true and pure. i will always protect you, i will always trust you, i will always be hopeful in everything, and i will never give up. all this, for you, because i love you."
tough call or what?!
so suddenly, those three little words transform into a whole vow. i've got a lot of work cut out for me. i want to be able to truly say this to Someone in the future.
anyway, on a different note, someone once asked me "why can't you be explicit? why must you use your subtleties?" and then i realized i had no answer to that question. i guess i've always been rather explicit, but DUH there are times where i've hidden myself behind the innuendos of words and phrases, the dubious meanings behind my short stories or poems, the hidden words in my blog posts, the acronyms, abbreviations.... i have no idea why i do it, but i just know that i do.
yet again, is my ambiguity and lack of explicitness necessarily a bad thing? i'm not too sure.. i've been thinking alot lately. i realize that i, for someone who seems so composed and social butterfly-ish and uh confident, have got alot of defense mechanisms.
i hide behind my smiles and stupid laughter, i hide behind my shallow sense of humour, i hide behind my looks, i hide behind my authority. i also run away from reality alot. i run away when i'm running, i run away when i'm tanning, i run away when i'm acting, i run away when i'm reading chick lit, i run away when i sleep, i run away when i'm playing the piano.
haha seems like i'm not so cool after all eh? makes me wonder who i really am under all these running and hiding. i'm still loud, flamboyant, noisy, annoying, this yapping overgrown chihuahua, prancing and giggling like a giggling horse, but beneath this exterior of what seems to be joy, am i really?
i thank God that i can say, yes. i am. so heck, life ain't perfect. but i must admit, i've got life alot easier than most people have. and if i were in anyone else's shoes, i can foresee myself reading alot more chick lit and writing a whole lot more ambiguous stories. but as Alvin said, God does not push one beyond one's limits.
which then makes me wonder if i'm really such a weakling. if i really can't stand up for myself, to fight what others are fighting, or to fight on their behalf. but i mean, i'm a cell leader, aren't i? i'm supposed to be strong, emotionally, spiritually, mentally. but sometimes i find myself at a loss. but then again, i guess that's when i leave it to God huh? like He says, in my weakness He is made powerful.
and this leads me to think, is weakness such a bad thing after all then?
i don't know. the more i type, the more i confuse myself.
what i do know, is that my life is secured in Him, and that He's about the only back up i have in life. and i know that i'm still noisy, prancing and oh-so horsey, and i think i'll forever be this way. but still, appearing happy does not deny me the right to cry, and being a leader does not deny me the right to be weak, to depend on God, cos that's what He wants me to do.
okay yes, confusion reigns in my brain right now. hahah i'm not meant to think this much at one shot. i shall go DO THE LAUNDRY :)))) oh yes, please just call me Ms Domestic Goddess. and when i'm done with THE LAUNDRY, i am going to curl up in bed with Sandra Brown and then i'll fall asleep.
goodbye loves, goodbye :)