January 21, 2006
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"O, call back yesterday, bid time return"
- Wiiliam ShakespeareThey say that timing is everything. It distinguishes good jokes from the bad. It's essential in science and holds the mysteries of nature. It even plays a part in when to buy or sell real estate. But these are not the things I will discuss today. What I will cover today is timing in my all too favorite subject, love. (hey, don't think I didn't hear those groans)
Ah yes, amore. ai qing. Call it what you want, it seems like timing is everything when it comes to love. Tied in with chance, it can bring two people together who just happen to meet at the right time. Timing can also affect love in ways that bring heartache and loss. Timing played a part in a story about a boy who didn't realize what he had until he lost the girl. And then another story of a girl who needed some time to find herself and a boy couldn't wait and just needed a little more courage to believe in something wonderful. And then we go into the story of yet another boy who is as courageous as a lion but unfortunately falls for a girl whose heart has already broken so that she chooses not to hear his roars. (oh my... somewhere there is a land of corn and I am their queen)
But is timing really everything? Or is it just something we praise when things go right and blame when things go wrong? How can you separate time and fate from just a bunch of coincidences? I don't know the answer to these questions. All I do know is that no matter what, shit happens and we just have to decide what to do with the time that is given to us. (ok, I totally got that from Gandalf minus the curse word) And you know what? It's 5:30am in the morning and I have yet to sleep for the night. Right now, I'm feeling... that timing isn't everything. It may play some part to get you somewhere, but it's really up to you to decide how you want the story to end.
There is a time to open and a time to close. This is the time in which I close. "My heart," you ask? Oh no, my friends. It seems that my heart is destined to pour out its contents no matter the consequences. What I meant is that it's time to close this post. I opened with Shakespeare. I close with Benjamin Franklin.
"Lost time is never found again"
- Benjamin Franklin 1743
Comments (7)
Hey... I had so much fun with everyone on Weds. Must do it again soon. Hahah my challenge is to work my way up to running 2 miles straight. I haven't started yet... but the thought of it really sucks =o)~
Like wine that is poured, each word a sip, each thought a draught. In essence, all readers will always be raising a glass to their lips.
alright, corn queen!
who is robin? i don't remember any girl named robin from high school. you're wierd.
Sometimes I believe in fate. Most of the time I believe things happen for a reason. If you don't get an answer now, you'll get it later -- as I perceive it.
Thanks for the comment. Behind the scene pics/vids are always cool.. just like Jackie Chan's movies =).
"life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets, so love the people who treat you right, forget about the ones who don't, and believe that everything happens for a reason, if you get a chance take it, if it changes your life, let it, nobody said that it would be easy they just promised it would be worth it"
We choose to love. Its the who we usually get no choice in. Put faith in it, even if in nothing else, and eventually it will take care of you. All any of us have to do is endure the road it leads us down.
SMILE! (or i'll be sad)
-- joe