Song of the Day
I was telling a friend the other day that I miss waking up with a warm body lying next to me in bed. I think that might be the biggest thing that sucks right now and something I'll look forward to when I move. Needless to say that wouldn't be well-received in mom's house. As a matter of fact, that is a rule here. Not that I'd ever disrespect her like that.So, this friend says, "Yeah, you miss the companionship and you think you want to share your bedroom with someone, but I'm sure your story will change the first time you have to pick up underwear that don't belong to you or he stays out too late drinking with his friends."
But you know what? Picking up after someone (although let's be serious; I rarely pick up after myself) would be a small price to pay to wake up with someone I loved very much every morning. I think you tolerate a lot when you really love someone. In fact, I think that's part of how you'd define love.
As I was driving home from running errands tonight I heard a song that reminded me of what that kind of love is like. I am not a huge Rascal Flatts fan at all, and I really dislike their stuff that sounds like pop music, but the lyrics to this song and where I am right now make "This Everyday Love" a perfect song of the day.
posted by Laura at
9:37 PM
2 comment(s):
I think you are right about love. It is learning to "tolerate a lot". It is learning how to compromise even when you REALLY want your way. That verse everyone quotes in 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 is the best. I like the Message version:
4Love never gives up.Love cares more for others than for self.Love doesn't want what it doesn't have.
Love doesn't strut, Doesn't have a swelled head, 5Doesn't force itself on others,Isn't always "me first,"
Doesn't fly off the handle, Doesn't keep score of the sins of others,6Doesn't revel when others grovel,Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth,7Puts up with anything,Trusts God always,Always looks for the best, Never looks back,But keeps going to the end.
But you also need to..no...HAVE to set your boundaries in advance...
What are willing to compromise on?
Moral issues? Ethics? Housekeeping? The number of children you will have? Even the little stuff matters a lot!
<---Steps off her soapbox...
By
one4JC, at
2/04/2006 10:33 PM
Oh, I know. It's not easy and it requires effort from both people to work. Why some people don't get that shocks me!!!
By
Laura, at
2/04/2006 10:38 PM
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