For those into F1 racing - turn back now.
Though, you have to admit, this little Lego McLaren Smallsteps built is pretty cute. As is her excitement at Oscar Piastri getting pole position and winning a race. She has got into it far more than I thought she would, though it is still hard for her to maintain commitment all the way through a full race - when her friends are calling her to go outside and play.
Which is totally acceptable.
In these cases, we watch the 30 minute highlights after the race is done and dusted.
But as said, this isn't about motor racing, it is just that I took a few photos and wanted to use them straight away, as is my impatient custom. However, this is more of a random post to follow up on a random chance encounter from a few months ago, where I ran into a friend I hadn't seen in over a decade who lives on the other side of the country now. And, we agreed that we would meet up in the future when he and his soon-to-be wife were next visiting. Which was tonight.
It was awesome to spend some time with them.
We only had a couple hours over a dinner, as they are only here overnight for a gig and will take off again in the morning. But, my wife had only very briefly met my friend way, way back, and other than a brief coffee a couple months ago, I hadn't spoken with his fiancé. Who is awesome. I am always happy when my friends are in relationships with good people. Though over the many years, there are plenty of not so suitable people also. I can't say that they were bad, because they might have been perfect for someone else perhaps.
But, what is pretty cool about this couple, is that after 15 years together, they are finally going to bite the bullet and get married. Marriage itself might not be the most important thing in the world, and they aren't even going to have a wedding, but my friend who is just over fifty now, wanted to make it very clear that he is committed.
Thick and thin.
It seems like a silly thing these days to many, but a lot of people want to have strong relationships, but don't actually take their commitment seriously. They get into the relationship with the intention to cherish and in sickness and in health kind of thinking, but do the actions really align with that, do people truly act on their intentions, or is it just more non-serious fluff, thoughts and words in the moment, with no real weight behind them?
I reckon most people's words are weightless these days.
And no, it isn't even about doing what is said one will do, because between saying and the doing, conditions can change. However, it is about having the personal integrity to live one's beliefs openly, unreservedly and unabashedly. Most people hold back, because they don't want to get hurt, they don't want to be vulnerable, they don't want to give, unless they are going to get something in return. People say they love, but really, they are just looking to trade with another.
Love doesn't require reciprocation.
And while that is what I believe, I often fail to fully live it also. It is very easy to fall into poor behaviours and get caught in transactional relationships instead of giving relationships, because of all of the past baggage that is carried along inside, plus all of the pressures of life.
But I am trying to be better.
I owe it to myself.
Life is all about relationships and they are the most important thing in our experience, because they are our experience. We live in relation to people whether they are resent, past, or non-existent. We live in relation to our environment too, and our thoughts, and our feelings. We live in relation to everything and our experience with everything is how we evaluate whether life is good, bad, or worth living at all. And if one relationship gets too far out of alignment, it will poison all other relationships potentially to the point that they are unsustainable.
And of course, we are in a relationship with ourselves also.
If we can't love without expectation of reciprocation, is it love?
Taraz
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