Friday, January 26, 2007

Be Like Water. - (A True Story)

As most of you know, I'm married. With that, I've inherited a brother and sister-in-law. Both are very cool and easy to get along with. It helps when my bro-in-law was a good friend of mine before I married his sister. Anyway, my sister-in-law, which shall be called Asuka, to protect her identity, is 28 and in the midst of a very major crush with a guy she met. She's asked Zealot for countless bits o' advice and has followed through with a lot of it, but still this guy wavers on closing the deal. (aka becoming her boyfriend) Now, Asuka is not very strong in the esteem category. She's always struggled with her weight and hasn't had a whole lot o' interest from the fellas due to that. However, in the last five years, she has transformed from an awkward overweight girl into quite the knock out hottie. No surgery, all diet and exercise. Trust me, she's a freak when it comes to working out. Believe me when I tell you this, I've been with Zealot for eleven years and I've seen this amazing change in and out of Asuka, but I digress. It was one evening that Asuka approached me and said that she was going to go on a date with this guy. She was quite nervous and was so sure that she was gonna crash and burn. I assured her that everything would be fine. Now we all know that no matter what anyone says, when you're on a date with the person o' your dreams, you're going to be anything but calm and collected. Never-the-less, i told her that no matter what happens, you're doing something new and exciting. That whatever happens have fun, be who you truly are; be like water. She gave me a puzzled look and asked what I meant by that. I explained saying that with water, it doesn't matter where it goes, it'll always get there, seeking it's own level. If it comes up against a barrier, it seeks another way. Eventually, it gets to where it needs to be. Much like you, I said, you will get to where you need to be. You just have to go around a few obstacles to get there. You just need to flow and become the current, take yourself wherever you want to go. With her nervousness subsiding, a calm air flowed around her and a big confident smile illuminated her face. Asuka thanked me and went upstairs, off to bed. Zealot gave me a look of uncertainty. I assured her that all would be fine so long as she stayed the course and, well, flowed. The day after Asuka's date, she came over to spend the afternoon with Zealot. Upon my arrival home, I kissed my Zealot hello and asked Asuka how her evening went. With a gleaming look in her eyes and an enormous smile on her face, she looked at me, gave me a hug and told me, "I became water". Zealot smiled as she looked on. I always knew you would, Asuka.

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