Don't Wait for Your Flowers

Given some recent and not-so-recent happenings, I thought I'd dedicate this post to a few of my special girls. Keep at it ladies :)

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I've always framed my life from the perspective of an old Hollywood film. Perhaps a charming Technicolor musical like "Gigi" about a young free-spirited girl living in Paris played by Leslie Caron. Or a classic black & white like "Woman of the Year"starring Katharine Hepburn, where she plays an new-age independent woman living in New York.

I found myself thinking recently which one would apply more, if at all. Personally, I'm partial to Katharine Hepburn's character, Tess Harding, the quintessential empowered woman whose unique light attracted its own moths. However, I do find it difficult to resist the charms of the becoming-a-princess type of story like Gigi.

So why, Tess Harding the empowered feminist and not Gigi, the sweet, impressionable young girl? In recent times, we have still taken to waiting for what's perfect. Well if you're waiting on that, just know you better have an extremely comfortable seat because you'll be waiting a while. I've learnt not to overlook existing potential which can be tailored, to wait for something which may be fleeting. Like anything else in life that you may want, you may have to risk a limb, a few broken bones or a few exceedingly awkward/embarrassing moments to just go for it. If you're not successful and there aren't any adjustments to be made then.......you move on.

The lessons in acceptance and moving on come at different points in our lives, but all of them, though differing in the related circumstances, teach us new ways to make the best of a situation, accept it for what it is and go forward. Having been through a few of those, one of the important things I've learned thus far is it is important to find the closure you need. Once you have that closure, you can better appreciate that potential when you find it (even if it had always been there) and hopefully be able to tailor it to what you want.

And believe me you will know when you've struck gold, because you won't have to wait for your flowers ;)

Peace & Love

Keeta :)

03-Oct-10