Let me love you one day at a time

This was passed on to me by an officemate -- so beautiful and well written, it captures everything I want to say to my husband. ♥♥♥
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Let me love you one day at a time, and please love me that very same way. We may never learn all there is to know about love, but every day together will teach us a little more about ourselves and the special kind of happiness we can bring to each other. One of the best things you've helped me learn is that love starts with being honest, speaking straight from how we really feel. I like how we've opened doors, and windows of our lives and invited each other to come in, look around and get aquainted. The more I'm with you, the more at home I feel. Let me love you one day at a time.


Why talk about "always" and say things we're not sure we mean, when we can talk about today and mean exactly what we say. Let's think of each sunrise as a fresh start, a brand new beginning... and try to fill each day with as much love as it can hold. I know you're not always going to be exactly the same person Sunday thru Saturday, January thru December, and neither am I. We both need laughing times and crying times... and time for every mood in between. The important thing is that you can be the kind of you that feels most natural and that I can be my most favorite kind of me. That's what makes us so comfortable together... it's also what keeps us from taking too much for granted. Let me love you one day at a time.


Let's not wonder how long love will last but how beautiful we can make it grow. Let's give our best to each other but, let's never expect miracles of our love. There's no need to... the reality of you and me is better than all the impossible dreams and fantasies I've ever imagined. Being with you is feeling proud, blessed, grateful for each hour we share. Let me love you, not according to any how-to-book, or by someone else's set of rules... but simply for who you are and how you are with me. And please love me, not for what I might be molded into, but for what I am here and now. Don't expect me to be someone all good and all giving, someone who could never disappoint you... someone too right to be real and too perfect to be me. I'm just as human as anyone I know... and very thankful that you are too. Let's try to remember that love means keeping in touch with each other's thoughts and feelings... listening not just to words, but to the emotions behind them... seeing, not just the smiles and frowns but the hurt and pleasures that cause them.


Let me love you one day at a time, starting today. Let's have the courage to try to change whatever needs changing about us, and wisdom to know what should never be changed. Believing in ourselves and in our ability to handle whatever tomorrow brings... and trusting that this love we share will continue to grow stronger as the future years unfold... One Beautiful Day At A Time.

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L♥Ve you, baby!

Walking in the What-If Road

We were having lunch and suddenly, we started talking about relationships. One friend started talking about her hesitations with her new boyfriend, trying to decide if she made the right decision. She kept talking about other possibilities, or what may have been if -- WHAT IFs.

Funny thing is that, I went down that road a few days back and regretted it (a lot). One thing I learned when you start going back to the past is that, it will *NOT* correct anything you did back then. That's one way of saying it clearly, in black and white. Since you can't do anything about it, the only thing that you can do is to simply move on and do better.

I really believe that God, by the time we were conceived, already laid out his plan for us. I've asked once, if this is a fact, what if, we do something that's not according to his plan, how should we proceed?Of course we can't go back to change anything anymore -- you only have to forgive yourself for the wrong decision, work on what you have in the present, and keep moving on. God is good, He will surely be on your side to guide you all througout.

You see, we will never grow up if we keep making the same mistakes. If we keep making the same mistakes, experiencing the same situation, that means that you continue to keep reacting to the situation the same way. Getting out of your comfort zone will allow you more possibilities of doing something better for yourself and for the people around you.

I have promised myself now that, everytime I start thinking about the "What ifs", I'll stop myself, pray and move on forward, fast!

Hay, Life.

I just learned today that someone I've known before back when I was still in eBay, killed himself last month. This guy was one of those smart-alecky types, and after you talk to them, you know that this person is one intelligent, smart person.

I watched the video he made before he killed himself. Man - I'm speechless. He just decided to stop, he had it with life. He said something about not being able to handle more misery and going through it over and over again. I realized, we all have our own choices to make. Rest in peace, Mike.

And here I am, battling through all my battles, hurting myself a lot of times in the process, and continuing with the battle through and through. And still, here I am. Sometimes, that temptation to just that is so strong, but then again, a voice inside me tells me, NO. I think, really, it's God's grace that's keeping me intact. I would have really freaked out and broken into pieces and have chosen to be just that ... but then again, here I am, facing it with strength and confidence and love.

This is what Faith can do. I walk by faith, not by sight.

"And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ." Ephesians 3:17b-18 (NIV)