*breakfast at tiffany's*
ever watch that audrey hepburn film? it's one of my favourites. truman capote. a true classic. small town no-name girl comes to big city to create a whole new identity.. trying to run away from her true self... the best part is that she finds such happiness at tiffany's. i've never been inside a tiffany's store, but i'm sure it is magic. why is there such magic? my friends ross and alpha just got engaged on saturday, and she now carries around on her left hand her own portable little piece of magic from tiffany's. every girl's dream isn't it? is it? why is it? i was looking at it, and she and another married girlfriend were comparing their rings, and alpha took hers off and put it on my finger... oooh my. for a second, i lost it. i felt like a queen. it's a good feeling - to be someone's queen. for a second, i felt that tiffany's magic... but i don't want to get lost in that magic.
as nice as it felt (and it fet GOOD... i mean, that ring fit perfectly on my finger...), i don't want to hang my identity on what hangs on the fourth finger of my left hand. i'm learning everyday what it means to be a part of a whole. but at the same time, it's important to be whole within the whole. does that make sense? i don't think it's possible to have a perfect fit with another half until i myself am whole. and it's a battle sometimes, to not rely on the other half to make me whole. it means looking at the awkward bits - the rough edges, and parts i wish weren't there - looking them straight on and not running away from them, but actually trying to fix them. trying to fix those ugly bits... regardless of whether there IS another half out there. imagine that! trying to be the perfect other half without actually HAVING another half to adapt to. because we really shouldn't be changing for anyone. or rather, anyone on earth. i guess it'd be pointless to change towards nothing. but i am trying to change into the perfect shape that God himself - the creator of the heavens and earth - prescribed me to be.
and we, who with unveiled faces, all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. ~2cor.3:18
i suppose He knows what he's doing, and if we all head towards this goal, then we will be perfect for which ever 'other' He has prescribed us to be with. and when these two prescribed wholes come together, they should (oh dare i use such a cliche...) complete each other. they should be made MORE whole. now THAT'S the magic of the union between two people.
ever watch that audrey hepburn film? it's one of my favourites. truman capote. a true classic. small town no-name girl comes to big city to create a whole new identity.. trying to run away from her true self... the best part is that she finds such happiness at tiffany's. i've never been inside a tiffany's store, but i'm sure it is magic. why is there such magic? my friends ross and alpha just got engaged on saturday, and she now carries around on her left hand her own portable little piece of magic from tiffany's. every girl's dream isn't it? is it? why is it? i was looking at it, and she and another married girlfriend were comparing their rings, and alpha took hers off and put it on my finger... oooh my. for a second, i lost it. i felt like a queen. it's a good feeling - to be someone's queen. for a second, i felt that tiffany's magic... but i don't want to get lost in that magic.
as nice as it felt (and it fet GOOD... i mean, that ring fit perfectly on my finger...), i don't want to hang my identity on what hangs on the fourth finger of my left hand. i'm learning everyday what it means to be a part of a whole. but at the same time, it's important to be whole within the whole. does that make sense? i don't think it's possible to have a perfect fit with another half until i myself am whole. and it's a battle sometimes, to not rely on the other half to make me whole. it means looking at the awkward bits - the rough edges, and parts i wish weren't there - looking them straight on and not running away from them, but actually trying to fix them. trying to fix those ugly bits... regardless of whether there IS another half out there. imagine that! trying to be the perfect other half without actually HAVING another half to adapt to. because we really shouldn't be changing for anyone. or rather, anyone on earth. i guess it'd be pointless to change towards nothing. but i am trying to change into the perfect shape that God himself - the creator of the heavens and earth - prescribed me to be.
and we, who with unveiled faces, all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. ~2cor.3:18
i suppose He knows what he's doing, and if we all head towards this goal, then we will be perfect for which ever 'other' He has prescribed us to be with. and when these two prescribed wholes come together, they should (oh dare i use such a cliche...) complete each other. they should be made MORE whole. now THAT'S the magic of the union between two people.
posted by jana* at 12:35 AM
