Clichés.
...an old joke...a saying...a principle...a rule...
a trite, stereotyped expression; a sentence or phrase, usually expressing a popular or common thought or idea, that has lost originality, ingenuity, and impact by long overuse
What’s your favorite cliché?
A grandma that makes the best chocolate chip cookies…
…a childhood favorite, fun loving puppy…
…a sky full of rainbows?
Mine…“It was love at first sight.”
Is it so wrong to believe in something that everybody else believes in…or even so, to believe in something that people are gradually growing out of?
As a child, I watched movies like Beauty and the Beast or Cinderella…okay so Disney movies. Still, as a little girl, you dream about your prince charming. You just know the day you lay your eyes on him, you’ll KNOW. There’s something so beautiful in believing this. Even after you meet your true love, and it turns out it wasn’t love at first sight; don’t you find yourself reminiscing about the first time you met them? When was it that you made eye contact? Was it across a crowded room? Did the loud music and heavy conversation turn into wispy air? Or was it somebody that you have known for a long time, and all of a sudden, one day you see them in a different way? A friend, that treated you the way you would want to be treated, “then someone bends unexpectedly”.
For me, I don’t think it’s going to be love at first sight. It is a wonderful thought…and don’t misjudge what I’m saying…I think that there will be something there. Some unknown magical bond between me and prince charming…somehow I will know that he is important to me. Will it be love? I think love guides that magical feeling…are they one in the same…perhaps. But I know that I will need to take a closer look. The first look though, is just as important, as every look after that.
My sister got married…
The instrumental version of Can You Feel the Love Tonight played softly, almost an aura of sentiment. Linked arm in arm, a bitter sweet expression lay upon my father’s face, as he took the last few steps with his single daughter. My father’s never been one for habitual sweet words, I know without a doubt, though, he volunteered for them that night. As quickly as the day had come, the bride was giggling with glee, one blink later, she was waving a decorated hand at her tear ducts. “Who gives the bride?” echoed, bouncing off of Carolina trees, and twinkled lights; “Her mother and I”...
Everyone’s eyes had been on the bride…but as my father’s hand returned to his side, the peanut gallery of sniffles now watched the groom. His eyes said everything his voice wouldn’t. Knowing them like I do, they probably created mores code for “you look beautiful” and “I love you stinky”.
Do you know the saying… my life flashed before my eyes? If it were me standing at the altar, you could have paused that moment, and in a bold caption encircling that picture, it would read our life “slide showed” before my eyes…and I am happy…
I could not tell you what Kasie or Jay was thinking. I do not know if they fell in love at first sight. I do not know if it happened the second time they saw each other or the forth-seventh. What is amazing though…is knowing that one decision you make has the opportunity to change your life forever. For Kasie and Jay, they met in a 10th grade math class. Perhaps they chose not to talk to one another…would they be hitched now?
Keep your eyes peeled…maybe the stranger loaning you there pencil is your prince charming or lady to be…
Love at first sight might not exist…but does that mean you should not believe in it just because there’s a possibility it could be love at “double take”?
Give it a chance. Live happily ever after.
There are certain unspoken associations of happiness, but just because lots of people love something doesn’t mean it’s wrong for you to love it too. Pick your favorite happy cliché, and write about it here. – The Happy Book
