Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

I watched “the breakup” with Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn last weekend and all I can say is that it was very painful to watch. All the fighting, bickering, retaliation, “you hurt my feelings, let me hurt yours more” attitude. Being a girl, I can say that what Jennifer Aniston’s character felt and was going thru would be any girl’s worst nightmare: being taken for granted.

I’ve never read the book “Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus” but I have my own version of it. In my version: men are dense and women expect men to read minds. But it’s nobody’s fault really, it’s just the way it is. Most guys need to be told what is needed or expected from them and most girls wish that the guys they’re with didn’t need to have to be told all the time what’s needed or expected of them.

Sometimes I think it’s really a vicious cycle, a cruel joke. Because men will always be men and women will always be women. That’s the way they’re built. So how can any relationship last? The simple fact is relationships are hard work. You need to keep working to keep it working. But most of all, you need to find the person that you’re willing to work so hard for. If you do that, then it wouldn’t seem too much like hard work.

I asked a friend of mine not too long ago how she and her husband keep the flame going after so many years together. She told me that they keep the friendship alive. So I guess if you can find someone who can be your partner, the love of your life and your best friend, then by all means, don’t let them go.

Every story has a villain. Some stories have more than one. But all good stories have the best kind of villain, the meanest and the most spiteful. It makes the triumph of the good guys sweeter, more meaningful. The sad thing though is that not all villains start out that way. Someway, somehow, they just end up being one. And the worst kinds are those you thought were friends. Those you trusted, hung out with or shared a laugh with.

It’s not always easy to understand why people do the things they do. And much less, accept the things they do. The saddest lesson I’ve learned in life is that people never fail to disappoint. But who’s to say I haven’t been guilty of that myself?

There are some things you just can’t forgive. Some things you must hate on principle. And some things not worth giving a damn about at all. Don’t get me wrong… I’m not a bitter person, despite how I sound. I’ve just met a few villains in my life.

One less call to answer
Feeling full of despair
Don’t think I can get through it
Just one last prayer
And it’s a leap of faith
When you believe
There’s someone out there
It’s a leap of faith
When you believe that
Someone cares, oh
And when I call out to you
Will you be right there
Right there

Searching for the answer
Nobody seems to care
Oh how I wish that
You were here
Beside me
To wipe away my tears

And it’s a leap of faith
When you believe
There’s someone out there
It’s a leap of faith
When you believe
That someone cares, oh
And when I call out to you
Will you be right there
Right there

Waiting for the answer
Remembering times
We would share
Somehow I feel
You here beside me
Even though you’re not there

And it’s a leap of faith
When you believe there’s
Someone out there
It’s a leap of faith
When you believe that
Someone cares, oh
And when I call out to you
Will you be right there

Right there
And I’ll be waiting
By the window for
Your smile to come through
And I’ll be waiting
In the darkness when
I call out to you
And I’ll remember
When you told me
I could trust in you

And it’s a leap of faith
When you believe
There’s someone out there
It’s a leap of faith
When you believe
That someone cares, oh
And when I call out to you
Will you be right there
It’s a leap of faith
And I believe that
You are out there
It’s a leap of faith and
I believe you truly care, oh
And when I call out to you
I know you’ll be right there
Right there
And it’s a leap of faith