It was a beautiful day
Don't let it get away




even as one family leaves, another comes in as a substitute for now.

on a rare sunny day out,
with cups of hot coffee, milo and tea,
bodies squashed into one couch out in the backyard
we sang, strummed and watched the day go by

lately, i've been mulling over the idea of sharing your life with someone.
and the simplest sharing is just sometimes, dropping your schoolwork, your incessant desire to work to excel
and spend time with people, listen to their story
share a couch.

and sharing your life with someone?

my thoughts are scattered across the sticky board on this one.
but i do have 3 somewhat coherent trains of thought so far.

1. making God as your lover. when He isn't just going to play the role of a father but wants to be intimately involved in your life.

2. His grace is sufficient for me

3. there is no "let's see how it goes and if it works..." . that line itself leaves room for copping out, for a watery, half-hearted promise. like dustin, hannah and rebecca have been teaching me, "COMMIT". a relationship that starts only with an intention of a 'long-term' commitment like days, months, years is something you want to think twice about investing in.
if you're in it for sharing your life with the other person, for seeking their development and nurturance, what's good for them, if you want to walk with them

then this has to be a commitment that doesn't have a limited time frame contract.

you don't tell someone let's be friends and see how it goes. maybe i'll just support you for two years.

in short

i think this is my developing understanding of being intentional in relationships. of being good to the other person. of loving my neighbour

i'm still deficient in this understanding in a lot of ways. but this is what i hold true for myself for now.



today my friend told me he's going to get married in one and a half year's time, in the summer i graduate.
i'm glad i'm still going to be in canada to attend his wedding then
buddy congratulations, i'm proud and glad that you took this big step.