sacrifice your soul.

i'm not exactly sure how i have the ability to be so moved by the littlest things, but its the way i am, and when i feel something i have to discuss it, i have to write it down. i just watched indecent proposal, if you haven't seen it here's a quick synopsis: a man and woman get married at a very young age, high school sweethearts. years later they get in a money crisis and travel to las vegas where a billionaire takes interest in the wife. he pays the couple 1 million dollars to have one night with her, and from there their marriage falls apart as the billionaire keeps pursuing her...

i don't know why, but i was moved to tears.

how much do we sacrifice for those we love? or rather
how much do we take for granted of those we love?

we all have those people who make up our lives, who drive us to be better people, who are a huge part of our story. those people we would be nothing without. those people who make us who we are. those people who are there to delight in our happiness, and there to comfort us in the midst of our sorrows. do we assume that they will always be there? do we lack in the attention we give them on a regular basis because we believe that there is no way we could ever lose them? do we make reckless decisions because we are under the impression that they will forgive us no matter what? they are the people we love the most, but are they also the people we hurt the most. are we not more cautious in the midst of new relationships to earn their trust... and when that trust is earned, do we abuse it? i guess i'm not sure. i know we are all guilty of hurting those we love. i know we have had to ask forgiveness from those people more than once, and i know that most of the time they take us back with open arms. but how far do we push it? will we one day end up pushing someone away just because we didn't appreciate them as much as they deserved. i would like to hope not, but it happens every day. we should sacrifice things for our people. we should go out of our way to mmake their lives better. we should try every day to be the best we can be for them. you have to give and take, not just take. treasure every moment. treasure every blessing. treasure the people that God has placed into your life. don't let them get away. if you care enough about someone, i believe you can work at keeping them in your life. it just takes effort. hold on, don't let go.
because to let them walk away might break your heart beyond repair.

"I thought we were invincible. But now I know that the things that people in love do to each other, they remember. And if they stay together, it's not because they forget. It's because they forgive." [quote at the end of the movie]