The Writings On the Wall
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Love is…...
When I think about Love and what it means to me, I can’t lie the first thing that comes to mind is 1 Corinthians 13:4-7; Love is patient, Love is kind, Love does not envy, etc. From the very first time I heard that bible verse (which was not in church, but instead Michelle Williams from Destiny’s Child recited the verse in their song Outro (DC-3) Thank You from the album Survivor)- I know like a true heathen! Lol jk!) I always felt that verse was the most tangible and idealistically pleasing concept of love that I would ever get close to in life. The words are so fluid, simplistic, but eloquent. I mean, of course it’s perfect it is the bible sooooo what can I say. Although, 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 bible verse is still prime for me, that bible verse exposes the many different facets of love and what love is and what it means. I think it’s perfect because love is and can mean so many things. What I found interesting about that verse and about love as I go through life and experience love in all forms for myself, there’s one constant thing that I’ve noticed about love --- love is simply giving. I think of Love as this “giving power”. Every relationship involving love -- be it familial love, friendship love, love for my dreams, love of self, or romantic love – I’ve found that it always keeps me grounded. These relationships give me something to take away from and/or inspire me. Love continuously gives me something that adds to who I am with each encounter, even if the love was easily given, taken away or the love was gained. Love gave me passion and forgiveness in moments when my family or a friendship and I were at odds. I think about love during the times my heart has been broken into pieces. Love was there giving me its time and energy to restore, to trust, and to learn. Love loves me enough to give me hope when I doubt myself. Love never seems to forget, but continuously forgives. Love always gave me another chance and if love didn’t give me another chance directly it gave me reasoning. I often wonder if a person/being can truly and unconditionally give love like love gives to us. Love gives and gives and is self-replenishing. It’s like that saying, “love like the sun”. A friend of mine once explained that we should “Love like the sun”. If you think about it, regardless of how long a storm lasts, how cloudy a day is, or how the sun rises and sets, the Sun shows up every day regardless. The sun (love) gives the earth its power. That discussion always makes me think about what love means to me and how can I exude that kind of unconditional love or if its even possible to give unto others/things like that. We may never know! I do know that quote ignites me because it shows me how yet again love is continuously giving. So, I ask myself what does love to mean to me? I’m not sure if I’ll ever reach a complete answer. Love’s offerings are infinite. And to me, that is what love is. Signed, Dria P
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So...this is the part where everything I'm doing right now is supposed to be aligned with what I said I would be doing when I was 12 years old...
When I was 12, I told myself "Dria, by 25, you'll be married, have this amazing house, cars (Lambo today? Nah, the Range), great job, all kinds of money, and starting a cute little family ..basically living the "Dream"! Umm remind me, who's dream was this anyway? Because I have a few questions for them. Well here I am...27, still living with a roommate, living pay check to pay check, with a whole Masters degree (good ol' American education and employment opportunities) . . . . So yes anyway like I said, pay check to paycheck (but still spending my last dollars on cheap wine and my nails, priorities right?!?). I ask my mom to do my taxes because who has time for all that adulting fine print mumbo-jumbo, oh and not to mention I still have all my important mail sent to her house because I'm just going to keep signing these 1 year leases until I figure it out. Hmmm. Home ownership, nah not yet! My mindset about marriage and children is actually going in the opposite direction than it probably should be. Something about being thirty sounds like a good time to start "thinking" about those things, am I right?!? I still have a few more late nights, early mornings in me. I have a few more ladies nights, girl trips, baecations, and auntie only duties to tend too first. So when I think about my 12 year old self and that check list I created back then, all I can think about is my 27 year old self asking myself daily: "What are you doing girl?" And you know what my response to all of that is every time "shoot idk, it's whatever at this point". You'd think the amount of times I say "idk" a day something would click and I would have it all together by now right! WRONG! But that's just it...who said all of those things are considered "having it together"?? Oddly, overtime I've found the beauty in "I don't know". Uncertainty has been my biggest teacher and spontaneity has been a great provider of many sorts. I've found comfort in knowing that on the other side of every "idk, it's whatever" was actually perseverance, growth, hustle, truth, and even wholeness. In this exact moment in life I am, who I am. I am WHOLE, I am ME, I am EXACTLY where I'm suppose to be. |
AuthorDria is a graduate of Full Sail University and Columbia College Chicago. She enjoys marketing, seeing the world through travel, & loves music! ArchivesCategories |
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