Wednesday, November 30, 2005
waT is Love and wat is marriage?
"sHarinGan" this from ah jie's blog
One day,
john asked his teacher,
"What is love? How can I find it?"
His teacher answered, "There is a vast wheat field
in front. Walk forward
without turning back, and pick only one stalk.
If you find the most magnificent stalk, then you
have found love." john
walked forward, and before long, he returned with
empty hands, having
picked nothing.
His teacher asked, "Why did you not pick any
stalk?" john answered,
"Because I could only pick once, and yet I could
not turn back.
I did find the most magnificent stalk, but did not
know if there were any
better ones ahead, so I did not pick it. As I walked
further, the stalks
that I saw weren't as good as the earlier one, so I
did not pick any in the
end. His teacher then said, "And that is love."
On another day,
John asked his teacher, "What is marriage? How
can I Find it?" His teacher
answered, "There is a thriving forest in front. Walk
forward without
turning back, and chop down only one tree. If you
find the tallest tree,
then you have found marriage".
john walked forward, and before long, He returned
with a tree. The tree
was not bad, and it was not tall either. It was only
an ordinary tree, not
the best but just a good tree.
His teacher asked, "Why did you chop down such
an ordinary
tree?" john answered, "Because of my previous
experience. I had walked
through the field, but returned with empty hands.
This time, I saw this tree, and I felt that it was the
first good tree that
I saw, so I chopped it down and brought it back. I
did not want to miss the
opportunity." His teacher then said, "And that is
marriage.
You see john , Love is the most beautiful thing to
happen to a person, its
an opportunity but you don't realise its worth when
you have it but only
when its gone like the field of stalks.
Marriage like the tree you chopped, it's a
compromise; you pick the first
best thing you see and learn to live a happy life
with it."
with love
1:45 AM
