Terms that had an insignificant place in my dictionary before my renovation works for the house… right now, I have a new found admiration for interior designers and architects- people who have a keen eye for details and coordination. Personally, it's driving me NUTS!!!!!!!! For a relatively indecisive person like me who love to weigh options (as long as I meet the deadline), I'm finding it so hard to make so so so many decisions in such a short span of time!!! It's really difficult trying to juggle family, renovation, relationship, PUNJ, friends, wedding preparation and work all at one time… plus decisions about the house have to be joint decisions, that's where XLQ's personality and mine differ quite a bit. He's the decisive sort, things are sorted by priorities and timelines. Once he makes a decision, he doesn't want to look back and regret. That's where the clash comes in because I love to look around and shop around for options, because I'm afraid of regretting my decision due to the fact I didn't explore the possibilities. However, we are working against Mr Time. We just don't have the luxury of time to explore so many things if we want to get our place ready for the wedding… so I really have to learn to let go a little of things. I really thank God that we both know Him personally in our lives. It really helps because everytime when we disagree on things… because we are always reminded that God is gracious towards us and we really should be gracious towards each other as well. Practically, this means saying sorry, compromising, listening to each other's opinions, to be other person centred… but it's ultra difficult!!!!!! Haha… But at least we have the basis of why we should even bother to try!
The above was written some time back and thankfully, things are better now… =) Maybe cos most of the major decisions have been made. Maybe we will end up with a weird looking house, but it's all ok! My friend said maybe I should have gotten an interior designer to help me with the decisions. According to him, "An interior designer could have saved your marriage!" Haha, I thought that was really funny! Anywayz, I think God has really been humbling me through all these… telling me, "Hey, you're not as patient and loving as you think!", "Where is the other people centredness?", "Why are you snapping again?" Sigh, it ain't easy being Christian.
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haha oh maan i can totally identify with your entry, tho i'm not getting a house! :P it's soooo hard to be a godly girl!!! persevere persevere... :)
yup i can identify with struggling to be a godly girl!! sarah had to put up with me!! :) hang in there, you're getting married, whoo hoo!!! dang dang da-dang, dang dang da-dang, here comes the bride(groom) with the big backside! hahaha
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