| went through my entries for the past several years... publicized some. wacky! new phone, new car, new watch, new skincolor, new suit, new job, new table, new outlook, new focus. shoot. i have to re-post. in january 2004, my townsend bud jason wu epropped me with this: unconditional love....what i learned this past week...love is not a feeling, it is an attitude. example/story: a man just had a huge fight with his wife and decided to go and get a divorce. he went to his pastor and tells him about the problem and how he cant stand his wife any longer. the pastor told him :go home and go love your wife." the man was shock, he couldnt believe what he just heard from the pastor, "didnt you just hear me that i cantstand my wife any longer and she is driving me nuts?" the pastor replied yes i did, and said "love is not based on feeling, it is an attitude." if love was based on feeling, then all love would change, cuz feeling changes. feeling is dependent on ur emotions, environment, situation, etc. however if love is an attitude, its different. so then the pastor asked the man, "does ur mom loves you?" the man replied, "of course she does!" the pastor went and said, "well, now think back when you were a baby, and u woke in themiddle of the night screaming and needed to have ur diaper changed and needed to be fed and all that stuff, wasnt it ur mom that woke up in the middle of the night to do all those for you? if love was a feeling, i'm sure at that time ur mom's feelings werent all very pleasant. but she still did the tasks and loved you till today." therefore, go home and love your wife. dont based your love on how you feel at the moment. it is an attitude. unconditional love. oh geez. what did he know?! i remember in 1998 he told me the same thing. and i didnt understand. and then again in 2000. and still i didnt understand. and then sporadically throughout 2001-2003. then again in 2004. and then 2007. and now? eat - pray - love. splendid book. cayman islands kicked off my journey. italy/india hybrid. the bathroom tiles don't get lonely. and im in no rush to get to indonesia. |
