When Love Isn't Enough.....

HA! What a corny title....but it caught your eye didn't it??? We humans love talking about love and relationships. Probably because at the center of life its self lies love and relationships. Whether for the good or for the bad, every one of our lives are trapped in the sticky tentacles of love and relationships. Maybe you were born because your mother wanted someone to love her unconditionally, or because your father wanted to feel that he had accomplished something in life. Or more recently, you may have discovered that you've allowed yourself to be trampled on and your self esteem to be shot down because you "really love" that special person in your life. You may even walk around was a satisfied smile, and a jumpy heart because you've found the person who you want to spend the rest of your life with. You could even be reading this and thinking of that friend who has always been there for you and who seems to know you inside and out.

It doesn't matter what your martial status is or how many friends you have or have lost. The number of people who've disappointed, neglected, or laughed at you isn't important either. What's important is that love will always be enough. There isn't a heart break, financial miscalculation, depression, or confusion that love can't fix. I'm not talking about the love that we all long for from another human being. I'm talking about the love that is given freely and undeservingly to us by God. Stop and think about the last time you were sad and the last time you were happy. It was love that got you through both of those times. God loves us enough to allow us to experience sadness so that we can appreciate the happy times that much more and so that we can take those sad experiences and use them to show love, help, and comfort to someone else. He gives us happiness to encourage us when those sad times come around again. I'm not here to tackle the question of why bad things happen to good people because bad things happen no matter how good or bad you are. That's a no-brainer. The real question is what will you let love solve today? There are so many problems that each one of us have: insecurities, phobias, deficiencies, and selfishness. I'm a firm believer that love, true love, God's love can solve them all. Like any medicine or 12 step program, we must be patient and wait for the results. God's love can work instantaneously, but it doesn't always because sometimes our aliments have progressed to a fatal and almost life threatening stage. The good news is that His love will be enough. You won't need to take anything else. So the next time your human love or realtionship seems to be infecting your life with its negativity, please pop a LOVE pill. (Yeah, and I realize that I switched to a medical prespective, I don't know why.)

Holiday Blues

It's Christmas, and I've realized how little the holiday means without the presence of family. Living in another country you always deal with missing out on the little things that you use to be in the loop on. So far, I haven't felt too much out of the loop. Until today, I actually felt the distance that's between me and my family. They were enjoying Christmas Eve playing Phase 10...while I was just waking up Christmas morning.....and that's when it hit me.....I'm really THOUSANDS of miles away. Not only that I'm missing out on some GREAT food. I actually really like Korean food, but when it comes to the holidays; bi bip bap, kim bap, and ja jang myung don't really hit the spot the way they do on regular days.

However, I know that I'm still blessed bc even though I'm away from my family some of us have been able to establish our own little niche here and that is comforting. So, the moral of this sad little note is that we most def have got to appreciate what we have when we have it. It's too bad that human nature and our inability to see the future become obstacles to us being able to enjoy our present and the things that seem so attainable. Remember, one day all those things will not be as easy to have as it may be now.

Drawing the line

Is drawing a line hard for you? I can't draw a straight line, even with a ruler. My lines are ALWAYS crooked. It's funny (ok actually it's sad) that I can't seem to draw straight lines in my personal life either, even with the help of all my knowledge.

I mean, when we're faced with decisions that require us to draw a line, what do we do? Do we use our common sense or do we ask for help from our friends? When it's time to draw the line; to say this is where it stops....right here, can you do it?

Lately, I'm finding it hard to draw lines. It's hard to draw a line when you know that someone isn't going to like where the line has been drawn. Most of us, care about how our decisions and our lines will affect others. Honestly, we sometimes draw lines that are more convienent for the other person. Why is that? Why do we have such a hard time doing what's best for us?

Naturally, we're supposed to be selfish, right? Then how come when I'm drawing a line, I'm thinking more about how my line is going to affect other people? This isn't saying that I'm weak and just let people walk all over me. There are just some lines that are so freaking hard to draw. I've never been much of an artist, and now I'm wondering if that's why I can't draw lines in my personal life.

Anyway, I'm pretty frustrated with this inability to draw lines. I'm hoping to find a better ruler than the one I've got.

I'm Here

So, I'm offically a blogger...why do I feel the same??? Since I'm living abroad, and I read one of my friend's blogs, I've decided to join the blogging world. Hello everyone! I hope that you'll enjoy my weird and random posts, no I can't see into the future, but I know that I'll be sharing weird and random thoughts with you. ENJOY!!!