Love on Delivery

Customer Service Call

Customer: I'm not very technical, but I just received LOVE and think I am ready to install now. What do I do first?

CS Rep: The first step is to open your HEART. Have you located your HEART ma'am?

Customer: Yes, I have, but there are several programs running right now. Is it okay to install while they are running?

CS Rep: What programs are running ma'am?

Customer: Let me see... I have PASTHURT.EXE, LOWESTEEM.EXE, GRUDGE.EXE and RESENTMENT.COM running right now.

CS Rep: No problem. LOVE will automatically erase PAST HURT.EXE from your current operating system. It may remain in your permanent memory, but it will no longer disrupt other programs. LOVE will eventually overwrite LOWESTEEM.EXE with a module of its own called HIGHESTEEM.EXE. However, you have to completely turn of GRUDGE.EXE and RESENTMENT.COM. Those programs prevent LOVE from being properly installed. Can you turn those off ma'am?

Customer: I don't know how to turn them off. Can you tell me how?

CS Rep: My pleasure. Go to your Start menu and invoke FORGIVENESS.EXE. Do this as many times as necessary until GRUDGE.EXE and RESENTMENT.COM have been completely erased.

Customer: Okay, I'm done. LOVE has started installing it's self automatically. Is that normal?

CS Rep: Yes it is. You should receive a message that says it will reinstall for the life of your HEART. Do you see that message?

Customer: Yes I do. Is it completely installed?

CS Rep: Yes, but remember that you have only the base program. You need to begin connecting to other HEART'S in order to get the upgrades.

Customer: Oops... I have an error message already. What should I do?

CS Rep: What does the message say?

Customer: It says "ERROR 412 - PROGRAM NOT RUN ON INTERNAL COMPONENTS." What does that mean?

CS Rep: Don't worry ma'am, that's a common problem. It means that the LOVE program is set up to run on external HEARTS but has not yet been run on your HEART. It is one of those complicated programming things, but in non-technical terms it means you have to "LOVE" your own machine before it can "LOVE" others.

Customer: So what should I do?

CS Rep: Can you find the directory called SELF-ACCEPTANCE?

Customer: Yes, I have it.

CS Rep: Excellent, you are getting good at this.

Customer: Thank you.

CS Rep: You're welcome. Click on the following files and then copy them to the MYHEART directory: FORGIVESELF.DOC, SELFESTEEM.TXT, REALIZEWORTH.TXT and GOODNESS.DOC. The system will overwrite any conflicting files and begin patching any faulty programming. Also, you need to delete SELFCRITIC.EXE from all directories, and then empty your recycle bin afterwards to make sure it is completely gone and never comes back.

Customer: Got it Hey! My HEART is filling up with really neat files. SMILE.MPG is playing on my monitor right now and it shows that WARMTH.COM, PEACE.EXE, and CONTENTMENT.COM are coping themselves all over my HEART!

CS Rep: Then LOVE is installed and running. You should be able to handle it from here. One more thing before I go...

Customer: Yes?

CS Rep: LOVE is freeware. Be sure to give it and its various modules to everybody you meet. They will in turn share it with other people and they will return some really neat modules back to you.

Hopefully we can all install a bit of LOVE today.

Until the next posting of the rebellion, dezza!

And Love is?

One day, Plato 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."

Plato walked forward, and before long, he returned with empty hands,
having picked nothing.

His teacher asked: "Why did you not pick any stalk?"

Plato 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 were not 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, Plato 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".

Plato walked forward, and before long, he returned with a tree. The
tree was not thriving, and it was not tall either. It was only an
ordinary tree.

His teacher asked: "Why did you chop down such an ordinary tree?"

Plato 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 not bad, 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 son, Love is the
most beautiful thing that can happen to a person, its an opportunity!
but you don't realize 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."

*Courtesy of fragrant of frangipani

Somehow reading over this story made me ponder for a while today. Was a bit lost over the entire day and have been lost for the past few weeks or so. Ever felt a moment when you never know which path you had to walk? Or if you were making the right choices all the way?

It kind of gets to your mind after a while of wandering on where do you fit and what does relationships mean to you. What does love mean in a relationship and the mentality we have towards love today. I would definitely blame the misconceptions of love on the serial dramas on local TVB Hong Kong influence among the ah bengs and ah lians and for the more sophisticated, on Sex and the City, Gossip Girls and other fanfare. Life is not a fairytale but the reality bites harder than you would want.

Every teenager to 30 year old dreams of a romantic everyday moment that they could just sail off too. Problem is we spend too much time looking instead of living. Too much time searching for what is special everyday in our lives. That constant belief that your romantic everyday story lies just beyond that rainbow is totally FAKE!!!

Think again. Go home to your partner if you have one. Look into his/her eyes and just tell him/her you love him/her today. See what happens in their eyes. Say it and mean it. Keep believing and you will see that love your looking for right in your lives.

Stir up the placid surface of your lives today if you're looking for love people and you will find the best treasures staring back so obivious that it mocks you for missing it in the first place. Live today!

Checking out the next rebellion, dezza!