Only Tolerable?

"She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me; I am in no humour at present to give consequence to young ladies who are slighted by other men. You had better return to your partner and enjoy her smiles, for you are wasting your time with me."
                                                                     -Mr. Darcy.
 "Occupied in observing Mr. Bingley's attentions to her sister, Elizabeth was far from suspecting that she was herself becoming an object of some interest in the eyes of his friend. Mr. Darcy had at first scarcely allowed her to be pretty; he had looked at her without admiration at the ball; and when they next met, he looked at her only to criticise. But no sooner had he made it clear to himself and his friends that she hardly had a good feature in her face, than he began to find it was rendered uncommonly intelligent by the beautiful expression of her dark eyes. To this discovery succeeded some others equally mortifying. Though he had detected with a critical eye more than one failure of perfect symmetry in her form, he was forced to acknowledge her figure to be light and pleasing; and in spite of his asserting that her manners were not those of the fashionable world, he was caught by their easy playfulness. Of this she was perfectly unaware; to her he was only the man who made himself agreeable nowhere, and who had not thought her handsome enough to dance with."
                                                                               -Pride and Prejudice
                                                                                            -Jane Austen



                                      

The Journey of My Lifetime.

So you know how people always say, "it will be the journey of a lifetime"? Well I just want to share with you several Journey's of MY lifetime. There are quite a few doors open to a female nowadays, but I really don't want to live my life working in a store or at an office, I also don't just want to go thru the motions as a human being, I want Life to matter, not just to me but to my future husband, my family, and anyone who will ever know me, I want a life on fire. I've come to realize that it's not just me who wants this but everyone. They might have different opinions of what life should be, but they all want it. And you know what? Everyone tries to find it wherever they think it should be, whether in friends, work, stuff, they all think they're on their way only to be disappointed yet again. Why? Why is it So hard to be satisfied with where we're at now? There's this little word that I really like it's named 'Contentment'. Ever heard of him? of course you haven't, he isn't very well known this century, or at least, he's all but drowned out by all the voices out there screaming that your deprived, have no hope, and that you have controlling parents who've never learned how to parent. Lies all of them. Well actually yes you might be deprived (for your own good), there may not be hope of change, and your parents probably don't know all there is to know about kids, but listen that's the very nature of my friend Contentment. He's so awesome he teaches you how to be happy even in the most annoying situations imaginable. It makes me think of Paul, he was stuck in prison but guess what his close friend (contentment's Great-Grandfather) Contentment was informed by God that Paul would need him there, so contentment upped and went to visit Paul, and Paul was so happy to have him there he began to rejoice to God for sending him. So I've found out the only way to last in my Huge Journey, to live a life on Fire, is to trust God's judgment in sending contentment to be by my side, and to yes look forward, but most importantly figure out what I can do in the Now times of my life. What can you do in the everyday moments called Now? What difference can you make in the World?

                                                      -E.J.E.

Hello....

Hello to everyone who continued reading this even after the title. I congratulate you on coming this far, but I must inform you, you will find this blog quite dull and boring. I will mostly write boring things like which period drama characters I like and which I think are horrific (not to mention ugly) Although there aren't that many main characters that I find stupid or dull, excluding those (like Mr. Collins) that are portrayed that way on purpose. Anyway this is more for practicing my writing skills, but if you find you enjoy it (doubtful) thank you! I could do with more people like you.
Now If I chose a character for myself It Might be Fanny Price (Newer, better actor version), or Elizabeth Bennet (whom I would Prefer). If I had to chose a character to Marry it would probably be Mr. Hamely, Mr. Knightly, Or (of course) Mr. Darcy. Although I am convinced I would probably end up with Mr. Knightly (not bad eh). The sad thing is I admire them all for different things I see in them, Like Mr. Darcy has a lot of emotion, He just hides it. And Mr. Knightly is such a good friend of Emma's before they get together, and Mr. Hamely might have been stupid when it came to Molly (No she was not crying because he was leaving), but he was very smart and he liked all sorts of different things rather than one thing. I'm not saying I would or wouldn't marry them for those things, but they definitely are attributes. As of yet I am still hopeless because I would never find the fanciful person that fully completes me, After all that's what everyone wants right? Completion and self-worth? But honestly is that really what we want? Or do we want someone to be a true friend that will never give up on us and stay for-ever. Because you can find a whole lot of people who will flatter you and give you "self-worth" but that doesn't mean they're the "one". I definitely have people I deeply admire for different reasons but sadly that doesn't change the fact that I am a hopeless romantic.
I also must warn you that I am very opinionated on several things, A) My faith in Jesus (He is my God and it's in him that I find my completion) B) Fictional characters are ALWAYS better! C) I may not have hope now but wait til someday.
Anyway be prepared to be scared since I'm planning on being very straightforward about how someone (guys in general) should act. And now Viola, here's my blog:

A Hopeless Romantic (me)!

                                                                                        -E.J.E.