God brings certain people into our lives for a purpose and until that purpose is fulfilled they’re a part of us…we don’t always choose people who walk into our lives but we choose those who stay in our lives.
I was browsing around at different blogs on wordpress and I ran into this one blog and I read one of the blogger’s entry about her guardian angel. She then talks about the quote above, which stood out to me. It’s such a simple statement and it’s true and I guess we all don’t think about it because it’s in the back of our minds.
It actually reminds me of a couple of my friends who I don’t get to talk to that much or who are very different than me in their values and aspects of life, but I still let them be in my life because I choose to have them in my life. Actually, I hung out with one of them today, who I guess I would “categorize” them in here.
College drop out, smokes like no other, yet I still respect him. I enjoy his company. Although we don’t see each other much, more or less talk very often, I trust his point of view on issues I bring up. In a weird way, he empowers me to “fuck that” and do what’s best for me because sometimes I do care too much or I don’t see too clearly about certain issues. He’s always stressing out or telling me to find my own happiness, which is a good reminder to myself.
I guess I like what she said because it reminds me that God is always thinking about us and he does truly care for us. That also reminds me of Sunday’s homily given by Father Kong from Hong Kong, who was visiting at my home parish. He used the analogy that God is like a GPS. As much as we try to take another route and not follow the GPS, it will recalculate to loop us back to the same path so we can still reach the destination. He also commented that God is the best GPS because he still cares for us and makes sure we get to where he wants us to go.
Sometimes I feel I choose this one friend to stay in my life, but he or she may not feel the same way and then it just doesn’t work out and I end up “suffering”.
sizzle sizzle sizzle.
the gps analogy is exactly how i view “destiny”. I was never able to articulate it as clearly like that though. thanks!