One Year On

#230: A Full Year

It's been a year. A full year. And I have a full heart.
It was a year ago when my heart decided to take the leap of faith in full trust - not of this friend who had expressed the desire to take the next step forward, but of the God we shared who had control of all the steps we've made thus far and all we are yet to take. I could not have chosen a wiser, gentler, kinder, sweeter, a more understanding man if left to my own devices - even armed with all the personality & compatibility tests available to man. The Lord's ways are truly higher than our ways, His thoughts, higher than our thoughts. As I look back on the year that was, I am filled with gratitude to Him for saving me from myself and my preconceived notions of who I should be with or in what form or what time frame he'd come.

I remember one line from Ally McBeal that has always resonated with me:
"It's funny how we set qualifications for the right person to love while at the back of our minds, we know that the person we truly love will always be an exception."

How wise The Little Prince was when he said:
"And now here is my secret, a very simple secret:
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."

Indeed.

Happy First Year, my beloved!
And while we cannot go to Doyles this year, we still have 120 years together to do that.

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P.S.
Below is his gift. It's enough to make Chicago bearable for another 5 weeks.



It Is You (I Have Loved)
There is something that I see
In the way you look at me
There's a smile, there's a truth in your eyes

But an unexpected way
On this unexpected day
Could it mean this is where I belong
It is you I have loved all along

It's no more mystery
It is finally clear to me
You're the home my heart searched for so long
And it is you I have loved all along

There were times I ran to hide
Afraid to show the other side
Alone in the night without you

But now I know just who you are
And I know you hold my heart
Finally this is where I belong
It is you I have loved all along

It's no more mystery
It is finally clear to me
You're the home my heart searched for so long
And it is you I have loved all along

Over and over
I'm filled with emotion
Your love, it rushes through my veins

And I am filled
With the sweetest devotion
As I, I look into your perfect face

It's no more mystery
It is finally clear to me
You're the home my heart searched for so long
And it is you I have loved
It is you I have loved
It is you I have loved all along