True Love Forever
I have always thought that I knew more than a little about love. I guess we all think so at some point of time. But then we come across someone who flounders every rule that you conjured in your mind and bends and mutates all your ideas about love and romance. I had a similar experience recently. I was on my way to work when I chanced upon Jeffrey. Remember him? Yes, I'm talking about Kate's ex-boyfriend. We had lost touch because he changed his number and I lost his new one. When I met him, I asked him for it. He pulled out his wallet to give me a card.

In the process, he dropped the wallet. It fell open and I saw a picture of him and Kate against some waterfall. It could be a theme park. He noticed my glance. He picked up the wallet and gave me a sad smile, "Some things never change, Bob. They don't get substituted. They never lose their importance." He handed me his card and walked off. My gaze followed him till he turned the corner. I felt humbled. Here was a man in love. Silent. Resilient. But very much in love. Wonder what Kate would say about it if she knew.

Special Good Nights

There's something really cute going on between Adrian and Cathy. Yeah, I can see your round eyes at the word 'cute', but when you know what it is, I'm sure you guys would agree that the word is appropriate here. Cathy's room partner is very prone to wake up easily. So Cathy can't talk late into the night. So Cathy thought of a way to be together till they crash in. They write text messages to each other, late into the night. Sometimes this message exchange stretch till the wee hours of the morning.

I was unaware of it till very recently. When I crash in, I generally turn in very fast. So I didn't really notice Adrian texting away happily. When I did, he was a little embarrassed to tell me all about it. He took it for granted that I would find it hopelessly, maybe even foolishly romantic. He explained that these nocturnal messages meant a lot to him. "These make me feel that we are always connected!" he told me with a proud twinkle in his eyes. Though I didn't tell him, I'm telling you guys, I really don't find it foolish or hopeless. I'm all for every way that suits you to express your love. How ingenuous you can be here is what makes or breaks a romantic!

As a Zen quote, here's a piece of advice from Rose F. Kennedy: "Make sure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's slumber, and you can't settle anything until morning anyway." Smart, eh?

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Keep loving,

[Aug 16-2009]

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