Wednesday, March 02, 2005

some thoughts pondered during lunchtime

I watched "Shall we dance" by Richard Gere and J-Lo just a week ago. Or maybe two weeks ago. I honesty can't recall. I remember it was a Sunday. Good movie, I was entertained. It was fun seeing how Richard Gere learned how to dance and all throughout the movie I just kept on cheering for him albeit silently. However, that’s not why I mentioned the movie. Some movies you remember not for their stories but for a single line that was said. These lines have a way of sticking to your memory because they remind you of something

I remember Susan Sarandon's character explaining why people got married. She said that we need a witness to our lives. That got me into one of my somber thinking modes. Yup, a witness. How true. I definitely know there's more to marriage than that but that aspect of what marriage could be thoroughly intrigued me.

Now I'm intrigued. I'm not intrigued about marriage, I'm intrigued about the witness thing. I realize that people want to share their lives with other people. Nobody climbs a mountain and then tell no one about it. That's why we call people on the phone for no reason at all other than to say hi. That's why we take pictures and keep photo albums. That's why basketball players shoot three point shots. That's why singers practice singing. That's why artists paint. That's why I'm writing this blog.

In the movie "Gladiator" Maximus said "What we do in life echoes in eternity". Take that phrase as you wish, but for me as a Christian it meant the eternal life I gained when I accepted Christ as Lord and Savior and now in this blog it resonates with a different sense still. It means that somehow for a certain beat of time an aspect of the life that we want to share with others will echo for a piece of eternity.

I want to remember my life. I have memories that have made me happy during both my ups and downs. Some memories, I will never forget. Some memories, while forgotten, have turned to feelings, while some are, sadly, lost forever. This blog serves as a repository of sorts for some random things that I care to remember. I wish I could write down everything that I care to remember but some things were only meant to be lived and only some could be written down.

posted by Kim @ 1:06 PM 2 comments

Tuesday, March 01, 2005

Friend And Acquaintance

by: Author Unknown, Source Unknown



There is a difference between being an acquaintance and being a friend. An acquaintance is someone whose name you know, who you see every now and then, who you probably have something in common with and who you feel comfortable around.

It's a person that you can invite to your home and share things with. But they are people who you don't share your life with, whose actions sometimes you don't understand because you don't know enough about them.

On the other hand, a friend is someone you love. Not that you are "in love" with them, but you care about them and you think about them when they are not there. The people you are reminded of when you see something they might like, and you know this because you know them so well. They are the people whose pictures you have and whose faces are in your head regardless.

Friends are the people you feel safe around because you know they care about you. They call just to see how you are doing, because a friend doesn't need an excuse. They tell you the truth, the first time, and you do the same. You know that if you have a problem, they are there to listen.

Friends are the people who won't laugh at you or hurt you, and if they do hurt you they try hard to make it up to you. They are the people you love, regardless of whether you realize it.

Friends are the people you cried with when you got rejected from colleges and during the last song at the prom and at graduation. They are the people that when you hug them, you don't think about how long to hug and who's going to be the first one to let go.

Maybe they are the people that hold the rings at your wedding, or maybe they are the people who give you away at your wedding, or maybe they are the people you marry. Maybe they are the people who cry at your wedding because they are happy or because they are proud.

They are the people who stop you from making mistakes and help you when you do. They are are the people whose hand you can hold, or you can hug or give them a kiss and not have it be awkward because they understand the things you do and they love you for them.

They stick with you and stand by you. They hold your hand. They watch you live and you watch them live and you learn from them. Your life is not the same without them.

posted by Kim @ 2:19 PM 0 comments