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Saw this from a colleague's blog dated all the way back in 2007. This story must have been around, but it was my first time seeing it or else I must have forgotten clean totally.
Here's the story:
Installing Love
Tech Support: Yes Ma'am... how can I help you?
Customer: Well, after much consideration, I've decided to install Love. Can you guide me through the process?
Tech Support: Yes. I can help you. Are you ready to proceed?
Customer: Well, I'm not very technical, but I think I'm ready. What do I do first?
Tech Support: The first step is to open your Heart. Have you located your Heart ma'am?
Customer: Yes, but there are several other programs running now. Is it okay to install Love while they are running?
Tech Support: What programs are running ma'am?
Customer: Let's see, I have Past Hurts, Low Self-Esteem, Grudges and Resentment running right now.
Tech Support: No problem. Love will gradually erase Past Hurts from your current operating system. It may remain in your permanent memory, but it will no longer disrupt other programs. Love will eventually override Low Self-Esteem with a module of it's own called High Self-Esteem. However, you have to completely turn off Grudges and Resentment. Those programs prevent Love from being properly installed. Can you turn those off ma'am?
Customer: I don't know how to turn them off. Can you tell me how?
Tech Support: With pleasure. Go to your start menu and invoke Forgiveness. Do this as many times as necessary until Grudges and Resentment have been completely erased.
Customer: Okay, done! Love has started installing itself. Is that normal?
Tech Support: Yes, but remember that you have only the base program. You need to begin connecting to other Hearts in order to get the upgrades.
Customer: Oops! I have an error message already. It says, "Error - program not run on external components." What should I do?
Tech Support: Don't worry ma'am. It means that the Love program is set up to run on Internal Hearts, but has not yet been run on your Heart. In non-technical terms, it simply means you have to Love yourself before you can Love others.
Customer: So, what should I do?
Tech Support: Can you pull down Self-Acceptance; then click on the following files: Forgive-Self; Realize Your Worth; and Acknowledge your Limitations.
Customer: Okay, done.
Tech Support: Now, copy them to the "My Heart" directory. The system will overwrite any conflicting files and begin patching faulty programming. Also, you need to delete Verbose Self-Criticism from all directories and empty your Recycle Bin to make sure it is completely gone and never comes back.
Customer: Got it. Hey!!! My heart is filling up with new files. Smile is playing on my monitor and Peace and Contentment are copying themselves all over My Heart. Is this normal?
Tech Support: Sometimes. For others it takes awhile, but eventually everyone gets it at the proper time. So Love is installed and running. One more thing before we hang up. Love is Freeware. Be sure to give it and its various modules to everyone you meet. They will in turn share it with others and return some cool modules back to you.
Last Friday, my colleague brought me some shoes her friend had no use for. She told me that her friend had several pairs of shoes which had never been worn before and many of them are branded. She thought it was a pity to cast them aside and asked if I wear a particular European size. Though am not familiar with European size, I thought it "sounded" like the size I could be wearing and asked her to bring along those shoes.
She brought me 2 very pretty pairs of heels for me to try out first. I noticed that the shoes looked very sturdy and were indeed brand new. I liked the 2 classic designs immediately and could picture a number of outfits they could go along with.
The first pair was a very suave brown suede heels with witch pointed tips. I managed to fit my foot in but it was so tight that I could feel the shoes cramming my toes and I felt my foot being forced into an arch.
The second pair was a pair of very lady-like stiff cloth heels with vintage flower motifs. I could not even squeeze my foot in for this pair.
Hence, I told my colleague that the shoes did not fit. With a flash of disappointment across her face, she asked if none of the shoes fitted at all. I had to tell her no, even if I had barely managed to stuff myself into that one pretty pair of heels.
While feeling the pinch of pity, I thought:
Sometimes, a relationship is like a pair of pretty heels. If they do not fit,
I like your wits. I like your originality. I like your smile. I like it that you are kind. I like that you do what you say. But without time and experience together, I cannot bring myself to trust you.
You don't get it, it's not about my past, it's you. It's not about age, it's about our differences, and whether both of us are willing to step in to close the gap.
