What is Love… what is Life?

by Anna Quindlen

This message is from a commencement speech made by a Pulitzer
Prize-winning author, Anna Quindlen, at Villanova University.

I’m a novelist. My work is human nature. Real life is all I know. Don’t ever confuse the two, your life and your work.

You will walk out of here this afternoon with only one thing that no one else has. There will be hundreds of people out there with your same degree; there will be thousands of people doing what you want to do for a living. But you will be the only person alive who has sole custody of your life.

Your particular life. Your entire life. Not just your life at a desk, or your life on a bus, or in a car, or at the computer. Not just the life of your mind, but the life of your heart. Not just your bank account but your soul.

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You think your day is bad??

* The average cost of rehabilitating a seal after the Exxon
Valdez oil spill in Alaska was $80,000. At a special ceremony,
two of the most expensively saved animals were released back
into the wild amid cheers and applause from onlookers. A minute
later, in full view, a killer whale ate them both.

* A psychology student in New York rented out her spare room to
a carpenter in order to nag him constantly and study his
reactions. After weeks of needling, he snapped and beat her with
an axe leaving her mentally retarded.

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A YEAR AGO today, I had lunch with my boyfriend
and took the opportunity to complain to him.
“Today is Valentine’s Day. Why didn’t you give
me
any flowers?”
He raised his eyebrow.
“Why should I give you flowers? You are not my
anyone.”

“Then… you should at least give me a card!” I
pouted my lips, hurt by his
tone.
“I know, I know. After lunch, I’ll send you an e-
card.”
“E-card??”
That sounds so impersonal, but that’s the way he
is.
“You have to e-mail it to me. I’ll be waiting.”

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The park bench was deserted as I sat down to read
Beneath the long, straggly branches of an old willow tree
Disillusioned by life with good reason to frown
For the world was intent on dragging me down
And if that weren’t enough to ruin my day
A young boy out of breath approached me, all tired from play
He stood right before me with his head tilted down
And said with great excitement, “Look what I found”
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by Phan Su Ming

As time passes by, we tend to take loads and loads of things for granted.
Especially in love. Why?
It may be due to the fact that we are being taken care of and being loved,
being pampered…and everything lovely.

Just like the movie, Moulin Rouge…once there is
TRUTH - from words spoken
BEAUTY - from within
FREEDOM - being able to choose to be together
then, comes LOVE which is priceless and unconditional.

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