Love & Marriage...

One day, Plato asked his teacher, "What is love? How
can I find it?" His
teacher answered, "There is a vast wheat field in
front. Walk forward
without turning back, and pick only one stalk. If
you find the most
magnificent stalk, then you have found love." Plato
walked forward, and
before long, he returned with empty hands, having
picked nothing.

His teacher asked, "Why did you not pick any stalk?"
Plato answered,
"Because I could only pick once, and yet I could not
turn back. I did find
the most magnificent stalk, but did not know if
there were any better ones
ahead, so I did not pick it. As I walked further,
the stalks that I saw were
not as good as the earlier one, so I did not pick
any in the end. His
teacher then said, "And that is love."

On another day, Plato asked his teacher, "What is
marriage? How can I Find
it?" His teacher answered, "There is a thriving
forest in front. Walk
forward without turning back, and chop down only one
tree. If you find the
tallest tree, then you have found marriage". Plato
walked forward, and
before long, He returned with a tree. The tree was
not bad, and it was not
tall either. It was only an ordinary tree, not the
best but just a good
tree. His teacher asked, "Why did you chop down such
an ordinary tree?"

Plato answered, "Because of my previous experience.
I had walked through the
field, but returned with empty hands. This time, I
saw this tree, and I felt
that it was the first good tree that I saw, so I
chopped it down and brought
it back. I did not want to miss the opportunity."

His teacher then said, "And that is marriage. You
see son Love is the most
beautiful thing to happen to a person, its an
opportunity but you don't
realise its worth when you have it but only when its
gone like the field of
stalks. Marriage like the tree you chopped, it's a
compromise; you pick the
first best thing you see and learn to live a happy
life with it."