I am amazing/Incredible me/Celebrating the being/I choose to be

Single people can so focus on the absence of one relationship that we overlook the people who are already part of our lives. What's more, we can forget that most of anyone's relationships in life are not romantic; nor do people assess a single person in romantic terms.

For instance, I know an elderly lady who is gracious and wise. She does the Powerpoint for church each week, takes an interest in the people around her and is really involved in her children's lives. I don't think of her in romantic terms, yet she's an attractive person, someone for whom others have great respect. This lady is married, but if she were not, the absence of that one relationship would not make her any less in mine or anyone else's eyes.

Not only is this so, but as Christians, the most meaningful and lasting relationship we enjoy isn't a romantic one. It's being a brother or sister in Christ. This is the relationship that comes before any other and the one that will carry on after death. It's a role that brings great dignity. Though we did not earn it, in it we can be proud.


Title taken from the first stanza of "Hello World" by Dan Coppersmith http://www.spiritwire.com/kidsselfesteemposter.html accessed 30/12/10