Sunday, September 7, 2003		Lessons From Life

Love is... putting your ego aside

THERE was once a guy who was suffering from cancer — a cancer that couldn’t be treated. He was 18 years old and he could die any time. All his life, he had been stuck in his house being taken care of by his mother. He never went outside but he was sick of staying home and wanted to go out for once. So he asked his mother and she gave him permission.

He walked down his block and found a lot of stores. He looked through the front door of a CD store as he walked past. He stopped and went back to look into the store. He saw a young girl about his age and he knew it was love at first sight. He opened the door and walked in, not looking at anything else but her. He walked closer and closer until he was finally at the front desk where she sat.

She looked up and asked, "Can I help you?"

She smiled and he thought it was the most beautiful smile he has ever seen and wanted to kiss her right there.

He said, "Uh... Yeah... Umm... I would like to buy a CD."

He picked one out and gave her money for it.

"Would you like me to wrap it for you?" she asked, smiling her cute smile again.

He nodded and she went to the back.

She came back with the wrapped CD and gave it to him. He took it and walked out of the store. He went home and from then on, he went to that store every day and bought a CD, and she wrapped it for him. He took the CD home and put it in his closet.

He was still too shy to ask her out and he really wanted to but he couldn’t. His mother found out about this and told him to just ask her.

So the next day, he gathered all his courage and went to the store. He bought a CD like he did every day and once again she went to the back of the store and came back with it wrapped. He took it and when she wasn’t looking, he left his phone number on the desk and ran out...

!!!RRRRRING!!!

The mother picked up the phone and said, "Hello?"

It was the girl. She asked for the boy and the mother started to cry and said, "You don’t know? He passed away yesterday..."

The line was quiet except for the cries of the boy’s mother. Later in the day. The mother went into the boy’s room because she wanted to feel his presence. She thought she would start by looking at his clothes. So she opened the closet. She was face-to-face with piles and piles and piles of unopened CDs. She was surprised to find all those CDs and she picked one up and sat down on the bed and started to open it.

Inside, there was a CD and as she took it out of the wrapper, out fell a piece of paper. The mother picked it up and started to read it.

It said: "Hi... I think U R really cute. Do u want to go out with me? Love, Jacelyn."

The mother opened another CD.

Again there was a piece of paper. It said: :Hi... I think U R really cute. Do u want to go out with me? Love, Jacelyn."

Love is... when you’ve had a huge fight but then decide to put aside your egos, hold hands and say, "I Love You"

(Author unknown) (Culled from the Net)