Sunday, March 25, 2012

Flights of fancy

I've been listening to people lately, much more than I ever have before. If you listen, you find that ordinary people say extraordinary and profound things.

Yesterday, in a conversation about The Hunger Games, my friend Lanelle made a comment comparing her husband to a character in that book/movie. She commented on how stable of an influence her husband was to her. I added that I felt the same way about mine. He is my rock, the one I always go back to.

She added, "No matter what flights of fancy I take, I know that I am his 'flight of fancy."

Stop..... What did you just say?

I love it.

No matter where I go to explore, there is a home base. I get to experiment, in safety, because of the comfort of his arms.  He lets me have my time away, secure in his own self, that I will never stray too far.

During my journey of weight loss and self-discovery, he has said I am and was always beautiful. I am and was always lovely. I am and was always perfect. No matter how much I disagreed, he smiled.

Maybe this is the secret of our marriage lasting 25+ years.

                                                             
                                                               I am his flight of fancy.

I am his world.

I am his cool thing.



Thoughts to take with me today: Remember who loves you and always has.

3 comments:

  1. I love the power that one sentence can make. Sometimes the impact isn't in the number of words, but what the words are. Awesome!

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  2. It's sometimes easy to forget that while we are on our own journey that there are others on it with us; our loved ones.

    Thanks-Have a great week!

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  3. That is a beautiful statement and I agree, what bliss we find when we realize we have found the one person to whom we can be their flight of fancy. I am 36 and have spent the last 21 years being my hubby's flight of fancy.

    Great post!

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