Cerebrations

Both Eyes, One Eye

An African proverb states, "Before you get married, keep both eyes open, and after you marry, close one eye."

Before you get involved and make a commitment to someone, don't let lust, desperation, immaturity, ignorance, pressure from others or a low self-esteem make you blind to warning signs.  Keep your eyes open, and don't fool yourself that you can change someone or that what you see as faults aren't really that important.

Once you decide to commit to someone, over time their flaws, vulnerabilities, pet peeves, and differences will become more obvious. If you love your mate and want the relationship to grow and evolve, you've got to learn how to close one eye and not every little thing bother you.

You and your mate have many different expectations, emotional needs, values, dreams, weaknesses, and strengths. You are two unique individual children of God who have decided to share a life together.

~ quoted from an email

Kids These Days

With the technology evolving, it is no wonder kids these days act a whole lot different than when I was growing up. For one thing, we didn't have these super computers to help us while the time away. Cable TV was never heard of. Mobile phones and text messaging seemed to be an impossibility.

And yet, we turned out right. Sometimes, i pity children now because they can stay glued to the tube all day and end up not even knowing how to ride a bicycle. Or even learn how to play patintero. That's a sad thought.

I'm rambling. Maybe it's just the years talking. I miss the good old days.

Still Floating

It's been more than three weeks since the big day, and yet, i am still floating. Silently adrift. I cannot explain the feeling.

How is that I cannot seem to get enough of browsing through all those pictures or watching endlessly four DVDs of that special event? No matter how many times i indulge in it, the activity never fails to put a smile on my face.

I would even do it all over again. sans the expenses and the stress, of course!