Something Lindsay wrote really
caught my eye. I think she expresses a feeling, that is not at all
uncommon: “I have always been one of those people who feared ‘adulting’ and
growing up because there is no way for me to predict what will happen.”
Lindsay not
only highlights this challenge, however; she addresses it
too: “Knowing that I will get to be with CJ for the rest of the life, I am
excited for the unknown because I know that I will get to experience every
moment with my partner, my soul mate, my best friend – my husband.”
That phrase, “experience
every moment,” reminded me of something CJ, in turn, wrote about
Lindsay, “It has been amazing experiencing life with her. She is
everything I have ever wanted in a partner. The years we have been together
have only strengthened my belief she is the only person for me.”
Lindsay and CJ touch upon
something really deep here. The best way to address the feeling
of precariousness that today’s world sometimes induces is
to slow down a little. Live a little more in the
present.
This is the basic
idea at the core of Curtis Mayfield’s immortal song, It’s
Alright: “It's all right, have a good time… We're gonna move it
slow… When you move it slow, it sounds like more…” Curtis assures
us, “When you wake up early in the morning, feelin' sad like so many of us
do, hum a little soul, make life your goal, and surely something's got to come
to you… It's all right, have a good time…”
And Lindsay and CJ
speak to the fact that one of the best ways of doing just that is
when you find that perfect person to experience life in the present
with you.
Old Curtis agrees, so
he ends his song making that exact point: “Someday I'll
find me a woman, who will love and treat me real nice, then my woe's got to go,
and my love, she will know, from morning, noon and night… It's all right,
have a good time… now give yourselves a chance…”
That’s why Lindsay
says, “Being with CJ makes me a better person… I used to be so cynical about
love, but I know now that real love really does exist… When I am with him, no
matter where we are or what we are doing, I am home…”
That’s why CJ says, “I can’t
imagine my future without her… I am ecstatic knowing I get to spend the
rest of my life with my soul mate, and I cannot wait to tackle the challenges
of life together as a team of husband and wife. I want to be the best
husband I can possibly be to cherish and support Lindsay for the rest of our
lives together as a couple.”
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