I Love You C

From 100 Layer Cake (http://100layercake.com/blog)

I found an old poem...

And thought it was appropriate for the here and now.

Friendship.

A pursuit, generally, in lack of peace.

We, goodheartedly and with a subtle hint of control,

attempt to challenge each other to be what we expect

And then fall back in frustration and anger and disappointment.

Our lives change and friendship changes

And we don't support each other enough.

Friendship,

the best form of it,

knows how to protect

and also when to let fly.

It teaches all who experience it

what self-sacrifice is

And what all the silly empty words really mean.

It trusts,

and inspires through authenticity,

and gets better with age.

Maturity happens as a result of it,

and material possessions never come into question.

It philosophizes over everything and nothing

and nurtures the soul.

It makes you feel blessed, finally,

and only serves to strengthen the individual.

through the group experience.

It heals, and smiles, and serves.

It holds drama at bay and

peruses how terrible life must be for those

who are not so rich.

But instead,

we cling to the past,

and regret not being more accepting of the present,

and pretend the future will be better, like a dream.

We should love, not pretend to protect.

We should challenge

by being true to ourselves,

and not by expecting others to be true to what we think they are.

We should love those who love our friends. Period.

Dreams

Dreams are hazy. I catch glimpses of my dreams, but they don't always fit together with my life like a puzzle. Sometimes they don't even translate into reality. Dreams can be inspiration. Dreams can even masquerade as wish fulfillment.

I think life should be full of dreams...but flexible dreams. Being stubborn about what "you thought might be" and not willing to accept what "is" results in unhappiness. In not accepting others for who they are, or who they might become.

My dreams, for the most part, are a mixture of family, friends, romance and love, and creative endeavors. I pray that I get to live my dreams, flexibly, while embracing and wholeheartedly accepting the dreams of those I love.

I was thinking...

I want a Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang experience. Let's rent a crazy old car in Paris with Chad (City of L.O.V.E) and drive to a country of epic romance (via my childhood upbringing - crossbreed of Chitty and the Sound of Music)...castle Neuschwanstein in Garmisch-Partenkirschen, Germany. Chad and I traveled here (see pic below) but unfortunately arrived too late to tour the castle, and had to hang out with a beatnik waiter in a Ski Lodge Restaurant and eat schnitzel. Everything was schnitzel. Every meat can be schnitzel-ized.

My Kind of Cinderella

From http://bippityboppityboo.tumblr.com/

5 Favorite Words Today

Romantic

Authentic

Beautiful

Creative

Spirit-Driven

Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair... ~Susan Polis Shutz

I love chick flicks! Sadly, I don't turn on movies that frequently anymore (too busy watching Millionaire Matchmaker, Glee, and So You Think You Can Dance). But yesterday “You’ve Got Mail” came on! Meg Ryan said, "I love daisies. They're so friendly. Don't you think that daisies are the friendliest flowers?" And....yes! I do!

According to Wikipedia, “The language of flowers, sometimes called floriography, was a Victorian means of communication in which various flowers and floral arrangements were used to send coded messages, allowing individuals to express feelings which otherwise could not be spoken.” Ahhhh **symbolism**....The Society of American Florists has compiled a list of universal flower meanings. Here are some of my favorites:

Baby’s Breath – Festivity

Daisies – Happiness

Delphinium – Boldness (My birth month flower!)

Gardenia – Joy

Orange Blossom – Fertility (Never knew it was FL’s state flower - Gorgeous!)

Rananculus – Radiant

Star of Bethlehem – Hope

Sunflower – Adoration (I was surprised there…)

Tulip (Pink – Caring, Purple – Royalty, Red – Declaration of Love, White – Forgiveness, Yellow – Hopelessly in Love)

Violet – Faithfulness

Zinnia – Thoughts of Friends