Friday, May 23, 2003


A long time ago, before the world was created and
humans set foot on it for the first time, virtues and
vices floated around and were bored, not knowing what
to do.
One day, all the vices and virtues were gathered
together and were more bored than ever. Suddenly,
Ingenious came up with an idea: "Let's play hide and
seek!" All of them liked the idea and immediately
Madness shouted: "I want to count, I want to count!"
And since nobody was crazy enough to want to seek
Madness, all the others agreed.
Madness leaned against a tree and started to count:
"One, two, three..." As Madness counted, the vices and
virtues went hiding.
Tenderness hung itself on the horn of the moon,
Treason hid in a pile of garbage.
Fondness curled up between the clouds and Passion went
to the centre of the earth.
Lie said that it would hide under a stone, but hid at
the bottom of the lake, whilst Avarice entered a sack
that he ended up breaking.
And Madness continued to count: "...seventy nine,
eighty, eighty one..."
By this time, all the vices and virtues were already
hidden - except Love. For undecided as Love is, he
could not decide where to hide. And this should not
surprise us, because we all know how difficult it is
to hide Love.
Madness: "...ninety five, ninety six, ninety seven..."
Just when Madness got to one hundred, Love jumped into
a rose bush where he hid. And Madness turned around
and shouted: "I'm coming, I'm coming!" As Madness
turned around, Laziness was the first to be found,
because Laziness had no energy to hide.
Then he spotted Tenderness in the horn of the moon,
Lie at the bottom of the lake and Passion at the
centre of the earth.
One by one, Madness found them all - except Love.
Madness was getting desperate, unable to find Love.
Envious of Love, Envy whispered to Madness: "You only
need to find Love, and Love is hiding in the rose
bush." Madness grabbed a wooden pitchfork and stabbed
wildly at the rose bush. Madness stabbed and stabbed
until a heartbreaking cry made him stop.
Love appeared from the rose bush, covering his face
with his hands. Between his fingers ran two trickles
of blood from his eyes. Madness, so anxious to find
Love, had stabbed out Love's eyes with a pitchfork.
"What have I done! What have I done!" Madness shouted.
"I have left you blind! How can I repair it?" And Love
answered: "You cannot repair my eyes. But if you want
to do something for me, you can be my guide."

And so it came about that from that day on, Love is
blind and is always accompanied by Madness







EASY AND DIFFICULT
> > >
> > >Easy is to get a place in someone's address book.
> > >Difficult is to get a place in someone's heart.
> > >
> > >Easy is to judge the mistakes of others
> > >Difficult is to recognize our own mistakes
> > >
> > >Easy is to talk without thinking
> > >Difficult is to refrain the tongue
> > >
> > >Easy is to hurt someone who loves us
> > >Difficult is to heal the wound
> > >
> > >Easy is to forgive others
> > >Difficult is to ask for forgiveness
> > >
> > >Easy is to set rules
> > >Difficult is to follow them
> > >
> > >Easy is to dream every night
> > >Difficult is to fight for a dream
> > >
> > >Easy is to admire a full moon
> > >Difficult to see the other side
> > >
> > >Easy is to stumble with a stone
> > >Difficult is to get up
> > >
> > >Easy is to enjoy life every day
> > >Difficult to give its real value
> > >
> > >Easy is to pray every night
> > >Difficult is to find God in small things
> > >
> > >Easy is to promise something to someone
> > >Difficult is to fulfill that promise
> > >
> > >Easy is to say we love
> > >Difficult is to show it every day
> > >
> > >Easy is to criticize others
> > >Difficult is to improve oneself
> > >
> > >Easy is to make mistakes
> > >Difficult is to learn from them
> > >
> > >Easy is to weep for a lost love
> > >Difficult is to take care of it so as not to lose it
> > >
> > >Easy is to think about improving
> > >Difficult is to stop thinking and put it into action
> > >
> > >Easy is to think bad of others
> > >Difficult is to give them the benefit of the doubt
> > >
> > >Easy is to receive
> > >Difficult is to give
> > >
> > >Easy to read this
> > >Difficult to follow
> > >
> > >Easy is to keep friendship with words
> > >Difficult is to keep it with meaning
> > >
> > >The language of friendship is not words,
> > >but in the demonstration.
> > >
> > >The world is like a mirror, you see?
> > >Smile, and your friends smile back.
> > >

charlene said a lil' prayer for you at 5:29 PM