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Love Trumps Compatibility
Travel is something we have enjoyed doing together, even though we enjoy different aspects of it. We plan differently, we enjoy differently, but we are together and enjoy that. One thing we agreed on, however, we never wanted to go on a cruise. Though our friends raved about cruises, neither of us were interested. Last fall our dear friends in Jacksonville, FL, asked us to join them in February for a cruise on a small ship to several Caribbean Islands. February is usually when we drive to Jacksonville to visit them, and we always look forward to that, as we love them so. The idea of meeting them on a cruise at first didn’t appeal to either of us, but they really wanted us to come. We talked about it, looked it over, and eventually we decided together we’d try this.
We leave tomorrow for St. Maarten Island. These two peas will be in a strange pod, a ship! Will it be compatible? Will we be? Who knows? But we’re packing our love and choosing to enjoy every moment.
We all have choices. In our commercialized society of Me, Myself, and I, we are misled. We don’t have to have it all, our way, the best, first, all the time. What your partner likes or doesn’t like might not seem compatible to what you like or don’t. That doesn’t matter, despite what “they” say. By not restricting each other, finding the joy in each other’s delights, and valuing the differences, that’s all part of love. Love is a choice, by the way. And it always trumps compatibility. Bon Voyage.