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by Philipina A. Marcelo
Aaaaww!
I have been a BIG fan - HUGE - of the heart-warming cartoon panel "Love is..." for more than four years now! I usually begin my day by reading the Gospel and then looking at the "Love is..." panel for the day. :) More often than not, my daily mood and productivity are somewhat positively influenced by how cute the panel was. :) It keeps me company all day, like a pretty rainbow behind the clouds of challenges on many fronts as the day progresses. The panel's magic is mostly rendered by its association with a beloved one... the one in whose heart-imprinted abode I used to find solace and immense joy.
I'm really, really busy right now, trying to beat a thousand and one deadlines... but today's panel is extremely cute, I just can't help myself... had to take a few minutes and write about it! :) While I have a number of favorites over the years, what makes today's panel more special and meaningful than others for me is that I have been hoping and envisionng the exact same thing in the drawing for the last how many months now... but I have been wondering whether it's still possible to be "where I want to be" after all these months of putting "the place" under "urgent professional stuff" in my stack of priorities as I ran all day - everyday - trying to beat these sickening deadlines, hoping they were all for keeping the fire of idealism burning... squeezing out what's left of selflessness, to be of service to humanity in whatever way possible... so that love would become even more meaningful in the end. Riding the dizzying professional twister, I did not realize how far away I strayed from what my heart truly desires though. But alas, I've had enough of running around - chasing things that are, at the end of the day, utterly meaningless to me! I know that now... I just hope it isn't too late... that I am not too late.
A few days ago, with my decision to stop this unnecessary wandering, I have been seriously figuring out a way to retrace my steps toward "the place"... only to see that someone else seemed to have claimed my place there. Naturally, the sorrow drained my energy, and it made me float like an eggshell - unfeeling and empty. :( I have been sluggishly moving about, uninspired and without passion... just going through the motion. And then, I saw this panel... and I realized, of course, it IS POSSIBLE to reclaim my place! And you can bet your bottom dollar that I will reclaim it! :) And I'd be where I want to be! So, help me, love! :)
Cartoon panel credit: Love is... by Kim Casali, conceived by and drawn by Bill Asprey. (http://www.gocomics.com/loveis/)
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