Archive for February, 2006

easy..difficult…

Thursday, February 2nd, 2006

Easy is to get a place in someone’s address book.
             Difficult is to get a place in someone’s heart.

             Easy is to judge the mistakes of others
             Difficult is to recognize our own mistakes

             Easy is to talk without thinking
             Difficult is to refrain the tongue

             Easy is to hurt someone who loves us.
             Difficult is to heal the wound…

             Easy is to forgive others
             Difficult is to ask for forgiveness

             Easy is to set rules.
             Difficult is to follow them…

             Easy is to dream every night.
             Difficult is to fight for a dream…

             Easy is to show victory.
             Difficult is to assume defeat with dignity…

             Easy is to admire a full moon.
             Difficult to see the other side…

             Easy is to stumble with a stone.
             Difficult is to get up…

             Easy is to enjoy life every day.
             Difficult is to give it real value…

             Easy is to promise something to someone.
             Difficult is to fulfill that promise…

             Easy is to say we love.
             Difficult is to show it every day…

             Easy is to criticize others.
             Difficult is to improve oneself…

             Easy is to make mistakes.
             Difficult is to learn from them…

             Easy is to weep for a lost love.
             Difficult is to take care of it so as not to lose it.

             Easy is to think about improving.
             Difficult is to stop thinking it and put it into action…

             Easy is to think bad of others
             Difficult is to give them the benefit of the doubt…

             Easy is to receive
             Difficult is to give

             Easy is to read this
             Difficult is to follow it

             Easy is to keep a friendship with words
             Difficult is to keep it with meanings

Choice or Chance

Wednesday, February 1st, 2006

When we meet the right person to love, when we’re at the right place at the right time,

That’s chance.

When you meet someone you’re attracted to, that’s not a choice.

That’s chance.

Being caught up in a moment (and there are a lot of couples who get together because of this) is not a choice.

That’s also a chance.

The difference is what happens afterwards.

When will you take that infatuation, that crush, that mind-blowing attraction to the next level?

That’s when all sanity goes back, you sit down and contemplate whether you want to make this into a concrete relationship or just a fling.

If you decide to love a person, even with her faults, that’s not a chance.  That’s choice.

When you choose to be with a person, no matter what, that’s choice.

Even if you know there are many people out there who are more attractive, smarter, and richer than your mate, and yet, you decide to love your mate just the same, That’s choice.

Infatuation, crushes, and attraction come to us by chance. But true love that lasts is truly a choice. A choice that we make.

Regarding soul mates, there’s a beautiful movie quote that I believe is so true about this:

"Fate brings you together, but it’s still up to you to make it happen."

I believe that soul mates do exist, that there is truly someone made for you.  But it’s still up to you to make the choice if you’re going to do something about it or not.

We may meet our soul mates by chance, but loving and staying with our soul mate is still a choice we have to make.

We came to the world not by finding someone perfect to love,

BUT to learn how to love an imperfect person perfectly.