One day, Plato asked his teacher, "What is love? How can I find it?"
The teacher answered, "There's a large wheat field in front. Walk there
without turning back, and take just one leaf. If you can find one leaf
that you think is extraordinary than all the other leaves, it means you
have found love."
So Plato walked... and not long after that, he came back empty handed. The
teacher asked him, "Why didn't you bring any leaf?"
Plato replied, "I can only bring just one leaf and when I walk, I can't
turn back. Actually, I have found one extraordinary leaf, but I dont know
whether there's anymore extraordinary leaf ahead, so I didn't take that
leaf. When I walked further, I realized that all the other leaves I found
are not as extraordinary as I've found previously. In the end, I didn't
take any single leaf."
Then the teacher told him, "So... that is love.... And you lost it!"
Another day, Plato asked his teacher again, "What is marriage? How do I
know that I have found it?"
The teacher answered, "There is a forest in front. Please walk there and
don't look back.You can only cut one tree, and cut the one that you think
is the highest, because that means you have found marriage."
Plato walks there, and he came back not long after that bringing one tree.
The tree is not a very good tree and not a very tall one either. It's just
a plain and ordinary tree.
The teacher asked him, "Why did you cut that kind of tree?" Plato
answered, "Because, according to my previous experience, afterwalking thru
the wheat field, I came back with
nothing. So this time, when I saw this tree, and I think this tree is not
so bad, I decided to cut it and bring it here. I don't want to risk losing
it again."
And the teacher said, "Well... that is marriage and you found it! Marriage
is the continuity of love... The more you look for love, you will find
nothing... Love is in your heart... the place where you can control your
desire and your hope to find something better... When you have endless
hope and wish of love, you will only get emptiness ..because you wont get
anything and time can not be turned back. Accept love for what it is...
Marriage is a process of taking chances, and you choose the best option
among all the alternatives... If you want to have a perfect match and a
perfect marriage, you are wasting
time... because there is no perfect marriage."
The teacher answered, "There's a large wheat field in front. Walk there
without turning back, and take just one leaf. If you can find one leaf
that you think is extraordinary than all the other leaves, it means you
have found love."
So Plato walked... and not long after that, he came back empty handed. The
teacher asked him, "Why didn't you bring any leaf?"
Plato replied, "I can only bring just one leaf and when I walk, I can't
turn back. Actually, I have found one extraordinary leaf, but I dont know
whether there's anymore extraordinary leaf ahead, so I didn't take that
leaf. When I walked further, I realized that all the other leaves I found
are not as extraordinary as I've found previously. In the end, I didn't
take any single leaf."
Then the teacher told him, "So... that is love.... And you lost it!"
Another day, Plato asked his teacher again, "What is marriage? How do I
know that I have found it?"
The teacher answered, "There is a forest in front. Please walk there and
don't look back.You can only cut one tree, and cut the one that you think
is the highest, because that means you have found marriage."
Plato walks there, and he came back not long after that bringing one tree.
The tree is not a very good tree and not a very tall one either. It's just
a plain and ordinary tree.
The teacher asked him, "Why did you cut that kind of tree?" Plato
answered, "Because, according to my previous experience, afterwalking thru
the wheat field, I came back with
nothing. So this time, when I saw this tree, and I think this tree is not
so bad, I decided to cut it and bring it here. I don't want to risk losing
it again."
And the teacher said, "Well... that is marriage and you found it! Marriage
is the continuity of love... The more you look for love, you will find
nothing... Love is in your heart... the place where you can control your
desire and your hope to find something better... When you have endless
hope and wish of love, you will only get emptiness ..because you wont get
anything and time can not be turned back. Accept love for what it is...
Marriage is a process of taking chances, and you choose the best option
among all the alternatives... If you want to have a perfect match and a
perfect marriage, you are wasting
time... because there is no perfect marriage."
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