I had a rare free afternoon at work, and I spent it reading quotes from my favourite movie P.S. I Love You. And it got me reminiscing and thinking. And I wanted to share some of my musings with you:
Can this be truer? We live our lives, complaining and blaming others for our problems, but if only we could spend a few minutes a day looking into our lives and counting our blessings. They say that we only realise the value of something when we loose it. Imagine living tomorrow without someone special in your life: life-partner, parent, child, sibling... How does it feel? Don't you feel an invisible hand crushing your heart? Sometimes we don't realise that things that seem trivial to us, only seem so because we have it, and we've grown accustomed to it, and we live on assuming it will always be ours, thereby reducing the value of that possession.
I am right now missing someone very badly, so that quote wrenched my heart. To hold someone you love, tell them how much they mean to you, to feel secure in their arms is a privilege that is bestowed upon millions of us, but like all things beautiful, its worth is esteemed by so few.
That quote always brings a smile to my face. It is a point-blank truth and the beauty of it in the form of the written word is fascinating.
I wish I'd remember this one every birthday, anniversary, holidays and on New Year's eve, when I drown myself in the sorrow of loosing time. I have watched my parents live together more as best friends than a couple. I've watched them understand each other without words, and live their life like a perfect waltz. And I think of the many who are in messy love affairs, broken marriages and other scandals I don't wish to even think about. Why does life get so complicated for some, and as simple as breathing in others?
And then, there were those words that simply left me speechless:
“Warring for peace is like screwing for virginity!!”
“What a luxury it was for people to hold their loved ones whenever they wanted”
― Cecelia Ahern, P.S. I Love You
― Cecelia Ahern, P.S. I Love You
Can this be truer? We live our lives, complaining and blaming others for our problems, but if only we could spend a few minutes a day looking into our lives and counting our blessings. They say that we only realise the value of something when we loose it. Imagine living tomorrow without someone special in your life: life-partner, parent, child, sibling... How does it feel? Don't you feel an invisible hand crushing your heart? Sometimes we don't realise that things that seem trivial to us, only seem so because we have it, and we've grown accustomed to it, and we live on assuming it will always be ours, thereby reducing the value of that possession.
I am right now missing someone very badly, so that quote wrenched my heart. To hold someone you love, tell them how much they mean to you, to feel secure in their arms is a privilege that is bestowed upon millions of us, but like all things beautiful, its worth is esteemed by so few.
“Life... It's a great and terrible and short and endless thing. None of us come out of it alive.”
― Cecelia Ahern
― Cecelia Ahern
That quote always brings a smile to my face. It is a point-blank truth and the beauty of it in the form of the written word is fascinating.
"We're so arrogant, aren't we? So afraid of age, we do everything we can
to prevent it. We don't realize what a privilege it is to grow old with
someone."
―
P.S. I Love You (Movie)
I wish I'd remember this one every birthday, anniversary, holidays and on New Year's eve, when I drown myself in the sorrow of loosing time. I have watched my parents live together more as best friends than a couple. I've watched them understand each other without words, and live their life like a perfect waltz. And I think of the many who are in messy love affairs, broken marriages and other scandals I don't wish to even think about. Why does life get so complicated for some, and as simple as breathing in others?
And then, there were those words that simply left me speechless:
“Finding someone you love and who loves you back is a wonderful,
wonderful feeling. But finding a true soul mate is an even better
feeling. A soul mate is someone who understands you like no other, loves
you like no other, will be there for you forever, no matter what. They
say that nothing lasts forever, but I am a firm believer in the fact
that for some, love lives on even after we're gone.”
“She couldn't remember the last time she hugged someone, really hugged someone.”
“Nobody's life is filled with perfect little moments. And if it were,
they wouldn't be perfect little moments. They would just be normal. How
would you ever know happiness if you never experience downs?”
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