Quote of the Week: from Paulo Coelho

Nothing in the world is ever completely wrong. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day

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I hope this also applies to my answers in today's exams! :D

Holy Spirit,

You who make me see everything and showed me
the way to reach my ideals,

You who gave me the divine gift to forgive and forget the wrong that was done to me

and You who are in all instances of my life with me,

I want to thank You for everything and confirm once more
that I never want to be separated from You no matter how
great the material desire may be.

I want to be with You and my loved ones in Your perpetual glory.

Amen

In Jesus Christ, your Son's name, I ask that you grant me
(State your specific request here!)

While making the request, you must promise either:

(a) To publish this prayer or
(b) To circulate the favor

This prayer should be said for 3 consecutive days.

After the 3rd day, the request will be granted, no matter how difficult it may be.

Caveat:  Be careful what you wish for; it just might come true!

Thank you Holy Spirit.

"How tired I am of this unbearable distance between us. How i long for the toll of the recess bell. Have you forgotten me? Grown mindless of me? Tell me I am not writing into an abyss, or that is what will become of my heart..."

The Convention on the Wounded by Love

General Provision: Considering that it's absolutely correct the saying that states that "all is fair in love and war";

Considering that in war we have the Geneva Convention, adopted in August 22nd of 1864, that determines the fate of the wounded in battlefields whereas there is no convention that was promulgated until this day that deals with the wounded of love, who are much more populous;

It is here declared that:

Art. 1 - all lovers, male or female, are now being notified that love, besides being a blessing, is also something very dangerous, unpredictable and able to cause serious damages. Consequently the one who decides to love has to know that his body and soul are exposed to many types of wounds and will not be able to blame the partner in any moment, since the risk is equal to both.

Art. 2 - Once a lost arrow from the bow of Cupid hits a person, that person has to immediately ask the archer to dart another arrow in the opposite direction, so that one will not fall prey to the wound famously known as "non-reciprocal love". In case Cupid refuses such act, the Convention here promulgated demands that the wounded immediately retrieves the arrow from his heart and throw it in the bin.

In order to achieve this effect, the wounded has to avoid phone calls, internet messages, flower deliveries, or any other act of seduction, since these acts only achieve short term results and are inevitably erased by time. The convention declares that the wounded  has to quickly seek the company of other people in order to control the obsessive thought "it's still worth to fight for this person".

Art. 3 - In case the wound comes from third parties, meaning, the loved one is interested by someone else who was not expected in the pre-established plans, it is hereby expressly forbidden any act of revenge. In this case, it is permitted the profuse use of tears, some punches on the wall or pillow, talks with friends where the wounded can freely insult the ex-partner, allege his complete lack of good-taste, but refraining to lessen the partner's honor.

The convention determines that art. 2 can also be applied: the wounded may seek the company of other people, preferably in places where the partner does not dwell.

Art. 4 - In case of light wounds, hereby classified as small betrayals, fulminating passions that do not last long, transitory sexual disinterest, one has to quickly and abundantly apply a medicine called Forgiveness. Once this medicine applied, one must never look back and the subject must be completely forgotten, never being mentioned as an argument in eventual fights or moments of hate.

Art. 5 - In the case of definitive wounds, also called "break-ups", the only medicine capable of truly healing one's heart is Time. It's pointless and ineffective to find consolation with fortune-tellers (that will always allege that the lost love will return), romantic books (in which the endings are always happy ones), TV soap operas or other similar things. One has to suffer with intensity, completely avoiding the use of drugs, painkillers, prayers. Alcohol is only allowed in moderation, never surpassing more than two glasses of wine per day.

Final Provision: the wounded of love, contrary to the wounded of armed conflicts, are neither victims nor torturers. They have chosen something that is part of life and therefore they have to face the agony and the ecstasy of their choice.

And for those that were never wounded by love, they will never be able to say: "I lived." Because they haven't.