Follow Your Heart?
I was channel surfing the other day. Next to shopping this is my favorite indoor sport. I came across the movie "The Bridges of Madison County". I read the book, it didn't impress me. I've seen the movie several times and that didn't impress me as well. I was given the book to read when it first came out and was told that I would cry. I didn't.
However, there was something that caught my attention this time and I sat enthralled as the characters roles were played out. With each scene I found myself more and more attuned to the situation they were in. Innocent at first. Then the slow building of attraction to each other with the culmination of unabated passsion.
Then it suddenly dawned on me. It was all so clear in one brief second. I knew what they were feeling. I had been there and done that. I knew what it was like to be torn between two worlds. The world of responsibility and commitment and the world of unbridled, passionate love. I have experienced both sides of what was being played out on the screen. The realization hit me full force. It was then I cried.
Yes, I've been on both sides of the fence. At one time I had packed my bags. It was my time. I was going to finally live for me. Then there was the time that I sat waiting for someone else to pack their bags. Responsibility and commitment won out.
Have I regretted my decision? Not really. I was young and life still held promise for me. There was still time I so foolishly told myself. But that time never came again. That door was closed forever. And still I wait for someone to take a chance with me in the lottery of life. I'll not be so cautious if there is a next time. I've grown too old for caution. I have nothing to lose at this stage of my life - or what's left of it.
Responsibility and commitment, to the best of my ability, will not stand in my way again. I will not make a second mistake. If that door is opened to me again, I will walk through with eyes wide open and my heart ready to love and be loved as never before. I will live, love and laugh with unbridled passion knowing I have been given a second chance at what once was.
I will follow my heart!
However, there was something that caught my attention this time and I sat enthralled as the characters roles were played out. With each scene I found myself more and more attuned to the situation they were in. Innocent at first. Then the slow building of attraction to each other with the culmination of unabated passsion.
Then it suddenly dawned on me. It was all so clear in one brief second. I knew what they were feeling. I had been there and done that. I knew what it was like to be torn between two worlds. The world of responsibility and commitment and the world of unbridled, passionate love. I have experienced both sides of what was being played out on the screen. The realization hit me full force. It was then I cried.
Yes, I've been on both sides of the fence. At one time I had packed my bags. It was my time. I was going to finally live for me. Then there was the time that I sat waiting for someone else to pack their bags. Responsibility and commitment won out.
Have I regretted my decision? Not really. I was young and life still held promise for me. There was still time I so foolishly told myself. But that time never came again. That door was closed forever. And still I wait for someone to take a chance with me in the lottery of life. I'll not be so cautious if there is a next time. I've grown too old for caution. I have nothing to lose at this stage of my life - or what's left of it.
Responsibility and commitment, to the best of my ability, will not stand in my way again. I will not make a second mistake. If that door is opened to me again, I will walk through with eyes wide open and my heart ready to love and be loved as never before. I will live, love and laugh with unbridled passion knowing I have been given a second chance at what once was.
I will follow my heart!
posted by Gammys Perspective at 6:51 PM
4 Comments:
I have nothing to lose at this stage of my life - or what's left of it.
I've caught this phrase or variations of it through all your posts. Am I missing something important?
No, Tracey, You haven't missed anything. Sorry for the redundancy. It's the stage of life I seem to be going through right now. I think the reality of old age has finally hit me. Thanks for you comment.
Oh good! I'm glad it isn't something drastic like I was thinking!
Old age is just a question of mind over matter......if you don't mind, it don't matter! ;-)
Yes, leave caution up to the teens of the world. Amazing what a book can put you in mind of huh? Have a great weekend!
Lois Lane
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