this time, i got it right.

this time, i got it right. originally posted on 29 july 2009. one of those "inspired" moments, i guess. 

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In our world of wrong choices, someday, someone will come into your world that will make you say “this time, I got it right.”

So hopeful – that quote is.

But inspiring, I must say.

Wouldn’t it be so great to finally meet that someone that can make you say: “this time, I got it right.”?

In my twenty-plus years of existence, I’ve been surrounded by different life and love stories. Some with a happy ending; some without; some almost but not quite; some are unfinished and some are just about to be written. Being around their stories have given me a notion that relationships are indeed a tricky deal. You give. You invest. You live. You love. There’s a chance that you’ll be happy and there’s a chance that you’ll get hurt. But like what the quote says, someday, someone would come along who would want you to take that risk. You would find yourself braver than usual. You would be willing to take everything that comes along with it – the good, the bad and the ugly. *wink wink* This person would make you jump right in to that tricky deal even if you’ve sworn not to because you’ve been hurt and burnt a lot of times.

But let me warn you by saying that this person would not be perfect. He or she would not be everything that you’ve wished for. This person will not be able to tick all the boxes that you’ve written on your “standards-list”. This person will have flaws like all of us do and they will have traits and perhaps habits that are not so adorable but you wont mind. You will be able to embrace this person. Not with eyes shut. Not blindly. Your eyes will be open and you will see their flaws and yet you would be able to see beyond those traits because to you, in your heart of hearts, he or she is perfect in his or her own way. It’s not going to be like the dreamy kind of love where you walk on clouds, with petals falling, birds singing with an orchestra playing a mushy love song. This time, it would be the kind where your heart and mind comes together. This time, things will just have a way of balancing themselves off and at the end of the day, you would have that serene, settled and peaceful feeling inside – the kind that lets you know you got it right – the kind that makes you feel that more than finding the person that you’re supposed to spend the rest of your life with,

you have found the person that you want to see everyday;
the person you want to and can talk to about anything and everything and never get bored;
the person that you can spend quiet time with;the person you can be crazy and goofy with, without feeling stupid;
the person that you will miss when they’re gone;
the person that you would want to come home too after a long day;
the person that can make you laugh;the person that lets you know and makes you feel that everything’s going to be okay when things are not so good;
the person who can make you want to be a better person;
the person that you would love despite and in spite of.

Now wouldn’t that be nice?

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comment/s:

felix - on august 31, 2009. 6:32am

Gelle, Great job!!! With the regards to writing ====> "This time, I got it Right" Hope you're okay!