One of my all time favorite movies is Pillow Talk. To me, there's something special about the chemistry between Doris Day and Rock Hudson. Tony Randall, of course, just adds to make it magical. But one of the best exchanges goes like this:
He: "How do you know you don't love me? We've never even kissed!
(Doris Day kisses Tony Randall... without much reaction)
He: "Well, they didn't hit the moon with the first shot."
She: "I guess that's what I want... to hit the moon."
Isn't that what we all want? To hit the moon? To find love that makes our heart sing, our step light, and puts a smile on our face? Love, to me, is more than just a chemical reaction between two people. I've been married before (more than once) and a chemical lust just isn't enough. I've always known that what I was searching for was my best friend, a companion, my soul mate, as they like to say. Never an easy thing to find. Or maybe you can't search for it, as if shopping for the next best pair of shoes. When it happens, it just happens.
In the meantime, there are ways to feel more alive as we're waiting. With a few extra minutes, try slipping on your headphones on and listen to something you wouldn't ordinarily listen to. Or maybe your time waiting for laundry to finish is the time to pick up a book you've never read before, something from a different genre, a classic you've always wanted to read but never took the time. Or -- pretend you're a famous person, incognito. Slip into a pair of outrageous dark sunglasses to feel mysterious, inscrutable. See if others around you notice and wonder "who's behind those dark glasses?" They'll wonder what your secret is to looking so calm and contented while waiting. And you can smile, knowing that the secret to waiting is to not actually wait, while you're waiting!
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