new word up at onelittleword...
as i was thinking of what i wanted to create i kept coming back to the words "choose love" & how there are so many ways each & every day that i am faced with that choice...there are tiny itty bitty ways (like smiling & giving a hug to my kids as i lug them into their car seats rather than just buckling & thinking of my grocery list) & their are big ways (like all the incredible sacrifices mike makes for us all each day & he does it w/o complaint)...
& then yesterday as i was sitting at the light coming out of a parking lot a car pulled up next to me w/ a woman in the front seat & a man in the back seat w/ a baby carrier...& she was totally screaming her head off at him (dude...SCREAMING at him...window wide open, cursing her head off at him screaming)...& yes, i have no idea what the heck was the deal...maybe he was a creep & deserved screaming, i don't know...but my heart sank...it was just so sad....& that whole idea of "CHOOSE LOVE" just came back at me full force...how it is a struggle sometimes to actually choose to act with love at times....
& i don't mean that stuff that is inexcusable gets excused or that you are lovey dovey all the time walking around throwing flowers...but i think if i conduct my self & my actions from a point of love...true blue love...the kind of love that has at its core a basic respect for others & recognition that my actions affect others...i think that this may just be the way to go
& then i came home & i had these beautiful wedding photos of our dear friends, alex & jenny...jenny had given me a bunch to scrap if i wanted to....& i couldn't think of a bigger wish for them & their future...that they can always choose love as they begin their life together as man & wife...that, each & every day, they make a conscious choice to love each other in their actions & words...what a wonderful foundation for their marriage that would be :)
so there a ya go...a little mushy, weirdo philosophy for your wednesday...lol
(told ya my mind was mush! lol!!)
have a happy wednesday!
xoxoxo
gi
Yeah, you're my kind of "weirdo". ;)
xoxoxooxoxoxoxoxoxo
Posted by: jayne | August 27, 2008 at 01:06 PM
I absolutely LOVE this, and now I'm off to make a "choose" page! Yay, so inspiring! xxoo, cort
Posted by: cortney | August 27, 2008 at 01:28 PM
i like that kind of mushy. :)
hugs!
Posted by: angie b. | August 27, 2008 at 07:24 PM
you're my kind of weirdo too.
and our phone call last night
made me realize just how much i miss you
xo
Posted by: kerry lynn | August 27, 2008 at 09:07 PM
i think it is perfect.
i love the way you look at the world and love to hear your perspective.
you are so great gigi!
Posted by: beth | August 27, 2008 at 11:17 PM
Absolutely STUNNING baby gi! You know, we weirdos have to stick together don't we?
xxJillGG
Posted by: Jill Geraghty-Groves | August 27, 2008 at 11:30 PM
totally not mushy at all - very sensible and easy to understand - unlike our priest (well intentioned of course) who goes on and on about agape love and loses most of the congregation. I think I might just have to direct him over here!
Posted by: Petrina McDonald | August 28, 2008 at 08:52 AM
This is so true, especially right now when school is starting and all the activites and the rushing,it is easy to forget just that, to choose love. Love in the way you talk, realizing how wounding our words and actions can be. You really made me think about that today, so thank you.
Posted by: Diana Graham | August 28, 2008 at 11:39 AM
This is wonderful. Powerful. Love.
Posted by: Dina | August 28, 2008 at 12:52 PM
Gigi, I got your response. I wanted you to know I have been a fan of your blog for a while and just got one of my own and put you on there as a script i read.
Hope that's ok? visit me @
www.frontncenter.squarespace.com
Diana
Posted by: Diana Graham | August 28, 2008 at 03:57 PM
what an absolutely stunning photo!!! great layout, gigi! tfs.
Posted by: erin yamabe | August 28, 2008 at 04:16 PM
That photo stopped me in my tracks. ABSOLUTELY priceless. The story was deep girl. I see that mess all the time and It just makes me want to cuddle with my kiddos that much more.
Thanks so much for sharing and for picking an awesome word for all of us :)
-Karla
Posted by: Karla | August 28, 2008 at 08:43 PM
i kept thinking "why hasn't gi updated in so long?" and then realized maybe it was my bloglines. yep. i came to find lots of entries since i was last here! i wonder what happened...i'll figure it out tonight. thanks for the comment. xo.
Posted by: metrochic | August 29, 2008 at 01:13 AM
I sooooo agree... What a beautiful thing to share and I love the photo you used for One LIttle Word...
Posted by: liesbeth | August 29, 2008 at 08:33 AM
lovin' your take on this Gi!!
Posted by: Sasha Farina | August 29, 2008 at 12:07 PM
oh yes, very phlasophical today - but very true.
your layout is beautiful. i have several pics of me & steve that i'd gladly give you to play with!!!!
miss you!
Posted by: ellyn | August 29, 2008 at 05:24 PM
opps - i was watching justin & maddie playing outside and didn't realize i spelled philosophical wrong - ha!
Posted by: ellyn | August 29, 2008 at 05:26 PM
Grrr - my bloglines doesn't tell me when you blog has been updated either!!
LOVE your latest layouts - yum!
Have a fab weekend.
I am playing with your photos this weekend.
Belinda
xx
Posted by: Belinda Venables | August 29, 2008 at 07:16 PM
Love your mushy, weird philosophy!! What a cool photo to scrap. The layout turned out great!!
Posted by: Staci Taylor | August 29, 2008 at 09:01 PM
What a lovely post. A very important message. We need to all actively CHOOSE love sometimes. It is sometimes easier to scream huh? You'd think that love is always the easiest path, but not necessarily. Easiest, no, but long term, the best by far. Hope you don't mind me visiting. x
Posted by: Jennifer C | August 30, 2008 at 05:07 AM