All this Prince Charming talk...

I guess the one topic that will absolutely never be outdated is this Prince Charming topic.

Gets weird, coz apparently everyone knows who Prince Charming should be. Ask anyone, and they'll tell you exactly who you should be looking for, the one person who will be your soulmate for life. Their criteria are as diverse as the the people that exist on the planet.

Leaves me with the big question - who's right? Who's telling the truth, and who's out just to scam?Who's pulling my leg, and who's genuinely interested? Who's creating a circus, and who's building my life? Pretty hard to tell...

In the midst of all the confusion, I decided to let go, and let God. Isn't He the one who created me and wired me? Doesn't He know what I want? Can't He not bring something fresh and dandy for me? Am I really supposed to drown in all the noise of the "experts" and the "know-it-alls"? Well, if you ask me, it's time to throw it all away, talk to God, and let Prince Charming come, riding on a white horse, and whisk me away...

So between now and then, I'll put up my feet, relax, and watch it all unfold. (And Prince Charming better come ASAP or else...)

Lovely song right there!!

For y'all gospel Rock lovers, something for you. Something beautiful

More than meets the eye

A few days ago I bumped into this job vacancy being advertised, and part of the requirements is a certificate of good conduct. Being somewhat interested in the job, I decided to hunt for the famous certificate.

So I go down to the police station, and after some hoolabaloo, I finally get to the process of getting the thing - all the fingerprints done, the handprint, the blah blah blah. As it was all going on, the cops tried to be engaging and started asking me questions: why am I getting the certificate, where am I getting the certificate, and all that rat-a-tat that goes with it. Somewhere along the talk, the guy taking my fingerprints uttered "Everything nowadays needs a certificate of good conduct. Even marriage. How can your spouse trust you if you don't have a certificate of good conduct?" OK, the whole thing was supposed to be funny (and it was), but left a big "Hmmm" on my mind.

Seems like things aren't what they seem. A person looking all sweet and innocent may not be the sweet innocent thing their countenance proclaims. To get to asking for a certificate to show you're trustworthy is really going over the edge. Things have become really bad. Gone are the days when people were just sweet and noble. But are those certs genuine. So if I get the certificate, does that mean that I'm all that? Doesn't that only mean that I don't have a bad record with the authorities?

Oh well, some things are not as simple as they look. There really is more than meets the eye, in this twenty-first century.

Life's lessons

Get all you can, can all you get, and sit on the can (only if you're a stingy, self-centred fat-cat)

What goes around comes around (maybe, maybe not. Depends on how big the circle is)

Nice girls finish last (true. Bad girls burn out somewhere in the process, and never get to finish. At least the nice girls get it, even if it's last)

Life's a race (ummm... Who's awarding the medals?)

Love is like a circle, a circle big and round (and some people try to break the circle for whatever reason. Shame on them!!)

Life is not a dress rehearsal (true. But too much care can kill you)

Life makes no promises (but God does - and He always keeps them)

Be who you are (save yourself the pain of being someone else, and try being what you know what to do best. Just be you)

The greatest gift

In life, people are given gifts for many reasons: birthdays, weddings, graduations, baby showers, whatever occasions, good or bad.

But there is one gift, that many consider a great gift - parenthood. It is a priviledge that many get to go through, and some don't get so lucky. It is a God-given gift to mankind. Sure, some may think it's a result of sex, but truth be told, not every sexual encounter leads to parenthood. Not everyone gets to go through pregnancy, labour, child-birth, and child rearing. It is a special gift. Though there are those who go through this experience through adoption.

Either way, the main aim of this blog isn't to blabber about how to be a parent, rather it's to salute parenthood. I see parenthood as the greatest priviledge a person has. God took time and purpose to choose you to become a parent. He took time to create a beautiful baby and place it in your care. He trusted you enough that you should mould this child to become the greatest (or not-so-great) person they would ever be. He gave you the ability and purpose to teach them life, share your world, laugh with them, cry with them, walk with them through life.

He gave you the child. He gave you a partner. Someone to love you, someone to look up to you. God gave you someone to cherish you for who you are, someone to whom you're a hero for just being you. He gave you someone who will represent you to the world.

Enjoy parenthood, enjoy every minute of it. It comes only once in a lifetime, nothing is greater than parenthood.

All this talk on beauty...

Some say beauty is skin-deep, others say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, others say first impressions matter, there's so much blabber on this beauty topic.

Well, I was one of those in the blabber-crowd of what beauty is, until I met her. I won't mention her name for personal reasons. She was comely. In fact, she was plain and simple. Her appearance was comely, to say the least. Her dressing was, well, decent. Not fancy, just decent. Her hair wasn't so well done, in fact it looked like it was combed really hurriedly. Make-up really isn't her thing, so she didn't wear any.

I saw her as some average person, until I interacted with her. Her warmth was like nobody I met. She was so welcoming, and made me feel like I've been her friend for ever. She talked with such acceptance and humility, I couldn't believe. Her humility was (almost) out of this world. Her smile, well, was a smile indeed. She loves to laugh, and her laugh was so hearty, nothing about it was forced or fake. She really loves to hug, so she keeps on hugging and hugging. She really was, one in a million.

Being with her made me realize something - a beautiful person is one who makes you beautiful, no matter how they look like. The looks, and impression, and all that hoolabaloo may matter, but truth is, you're always drawn to someone you feel comfortable and beautiful around, no matter how weird or ugly your mirror claims you to be.

Having that in mind, I'm off to look for more beautiful people - those that make me feel loved, appreciated and accepted, pimples and all.

When plan A goes all the way to plan J

Everyone has a plan for their lives. Or at least those who value their lives. Everyone has some sort of goal, everyone has a plan A, and at least a plan B, in case plan A goes haywire. Everyone can at least tell you what they want to do with their lives.

But what if plan A goes awry, and plan B isn't a proper fallback, what do you do then? What happens after that? That's when people go crazy doing weird things. Some make some hasty plan C, others go on and on to plan D, then plan E... I once saw this chic on some talk show who had plan A to plan J. Her plan A was to be an "it-girl", if that didn't work out, there was plan B, then plan C, all the way to plan J, just to make sure nothing goes away with the wind.

In a way, she made me feel so inadequate. How could someone be so elaborate about her life, and I'm clinging only to plan A? And my plan A wasn't even working right, it was stuck somewhere. But somewhere in the middle of all that, I remembered, "Don't worry about tomorrow, tomorrow has enough worries of itself". Wow, how relieving for me!!

The only plan there is that anyone can cling on is God's plan. And the best thing about it, he doesn't have a plan A that spirals down to plan J. He has one plan, and that plan is his one and only plan, one that is his plan A. Plan A because it is absolute, and perfect, it's an A plan. It may be the hardest plan to follow, but knowing that He knows me, my strengths, weaknesses, his plan can be nothing but perfect and absolute.

So, either way, I decided, I'd throw away all those plan A to plan J, and rest on only one plan - one that's sure to work without fail - God's plan.