.....zaMann's PaGe 

What Is LOVE ?

A very cute piece of text work. Read on.

Here, this is so sweet...
if only all relationships are like this....
read on....esp the essay part....

      |
      |         boy meets girl...
      |
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      |         |:`66|_      @@@@@@@@,
      |         C`    _)     aa`@@@@@@
      |          \ ._|      (_   ?@@@@
      |           ) /        =3D' @@@@"
      |          /`\\         \(```
      |         || |Y|       //`\
      |         || |.|      / | ||
      |         || |.|      \ | ||
      |         || |.|       \| ||
      |         :| |=3D:        |_|\
      |         ||_|,|        |_| \
      |         \)))||        (((  |
      |          |  ||        |____|
      |          |  ||        |____|
      |            ))         | ||
      |          | ||          | ||
      |          | ||          | ||
      |          |_||__        /~))
      |          (____))      /_/YY
      |

      |    boy and girl fall in love...
      |
      |             /:""|  .@@@@@,
      |      (\/)  |:`66|_ @@@@@@@@,
      |       \/   C`    _)aa`@@@@@@
      |            \ ._| (_   ?@@@@
      |            ) /   =3D' @@@@"
      |           /`\\    \(```
      |          || |Y|  //`\
      |          || |.| / | || (\/)
      |          || |.| \ | ||  \/
      |          || |.|  \| ||
      |          :| |=3D:   |_|\
      |          ||_|,|   |_| \
      |          \)))||   (((  |
      |     (\/)  |  ||   |____|
      |      \/   |  ||   |____|
      |             ))    | ||
      |           | ||     | ||
      |           | ||     | ||
      |           |_||__   /~))
      |           (____)) /_/YY
      |

      |   boy and girl "tie the knot..."
      |
      |            /:""|  .****,
      |      (\/) |:`66|_ @@@@@\ `,
      |       \/  C`    _)aa`@@@\  \
      |           \ ._| (_   ?@@|   \
      |            )_/   =3D' @@@@|   |
      |           /`\8\   \(```/    |
      |          || |8|  /??\ |     /
      |          || |8| /\::/||    |
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      |          || |~|  \| |||     \
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      |          ||_|,|   |:| \ ':':':`
      |          \)))||   (((  |
      |           | :||   |    | (\/)
      |           | :||   |    |  \/
      |           ) :||   |    \
      |           | :||   |     `\
      |           | :||   |:.:.   `~-._
      |           |_:||_   /~))\       `~~-._
      |           (_,__)) /_/YY `':':':':':':`
      |

      |   boy and girl are soon to become parents...
      |       (boy goes off to work)
      |
      |          /:""|       .@@@@@,
      |         |:`66|_      @@@@@@@@,
      |         C`    _)     aa`@@@@@@
      |          \ ._|      (_   ?@@@@
      |           ) /        =3D' @@@@"
      |          /`\\         \(```
      |         || |Y|       //`\
      |         || |a|      / | ||
      |         || |a|      \ | ||
      |         || |a|      / | ||
      |         :| |=3D:     /  |_|\
      |         ||_|,|    |   |_| \
      |         \)))||     \  (((  |
      |      |~~~`-`~~~|    `\     |
      |      |         |      |____|
      |      |_________|       | ||
      |      |_________|       | ||
      |          | ||          | ||
      |          |_||__        /~))
      |          (____))      /_/YY
      |

      |boy and girl and baby make three...and another on the way...
      |    (boy loses hair, girl gains fuzzy slippers)
      |
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      |          \ ._|      (_   ?@@@@
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      |          /`\\         \(```
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      |         ||_|,|    |   |_| \     |~~~~~~~~~|
      |         \)))||    |   (((  |    \_________/
      |      |~~~`-`~~~|  `~\~~~~~~|     |/ /_\ \|
      |      |         |     `\   /      ()/___\()
      |      |_________|       ( ||      ||~~~~~||
      |      |_________|       | ||      ||     ||
      |          | ||          | ||      ||     ||
      |          |_||__      __|_||      ||_____||
      |          (____))    (:;:;))      ||-----||
      |

      |boy and girl and their 2.4 children...
      |(boy loses more hair - still working, girl still in fuzzy
      |slippers)
      |
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      |         C     _)     aa`@@@@@@
      |          \ ._|      (_   ?@@@@
      |           ) /        =3D' @@@@"
      |          /`\\         \(```
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      |      |         |     `\   /      ()/___\()       | || @
      |      |_________|       ( ||      ||~~~~~||     /~|| "`
      |      |_________|       | ||      ||     ||      /__W_\
      |          | ||          | ||      ||     ||       |||
      |          |_||__      __|_||      ||_____||      _|||
      |          (____))    (:;:;))      ||-----||     (___))
      |

      |boy and girl and their growing family...
      |(boy loses more hair, gains paunch...girl becomes more
      |"shapely")
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      |

      |boy and girl have grown children
      |and have earned that "middle-age spread"
      |(boy loses even more hair, gains more weight girls gets
      |even more "shapelier"...and they're still in love!)
      |
      |
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      |         \)))||     |  (((   |     |((( \      || |   | ||
      |      |~~~`-`~~~|    \~~~~~~~|     |____/      || |   |_||
      |      |         |     \     /       || /       (( |   | `W
      |      |_________|      ((  |        (( |       || |   || |
      |      |_________|      ||  |        || |       || |   || |
      |          | ||         ||  |        || |       ||=3D|   || |
      |          |_||__       ||__|       //??)     __||_|  _||_|
      |          (____))    ((____)       ((_/Y    ((_____)((____)
      |

      |    boy and girl alone again...
      |
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      |         8      /```|     .@@@@@,     8
      |         8     |  66|_    @@@@@@@@,   8 (\/)
      |         8     C     _)   aa`@@@@@@   8  \/
      |         8(\/)  \ ._|    (_   ?@@@@   8
      |        |8:\/:~:~) /:~:~: =3D' @@@@~:~:~8
      |        |8::::::/\\/`\;_:::\ (__::::::8
      |        |8:::::| \ '|___/` \\// `\):::8
      |        |8::::|| | '|::/ /  ??  \ \:::8
      |        |8::::|| | ' \:| \__/\__/ |:::8
      |        |8o:::|\ \  ' |:\_\    /_/::::8o
      |        |"8o:::=3D\ \=3D=3D=3D::/`\`%%`/'\::::"8o
      |        |\"8o~|  \_\  \|   `""`   |:~:~\8o
      |        \ \"8o\   )))  \           \::::"8o
      |         \ \"8o\`.  \   \           \::::"8o
      |          \|~~~~~| -|| -|mmmmmmmmmmmm~~~~~|
      |           `~~~~~|  ||  |~~|  |~|  |~~~~~~
      |                 |  ||  |  |__| |__|
      |                 |  ||  |  \  | \  |
      |                 |__||__|  (~~??\(~~??\
      |                (   \   \  `-._)`-._)
      |                  `-._)-._)
      |
      |   ... and they lived happily ever after!
      |
      |
      | The Mysterious thing called "LOVE"....
      |
      | If you find yourself in love with someone who does not
      | love you, be gentle with yourself. There is nothing wrong
      | with you. Love just didn't choose to rest in the other
      | person's heart.
      |
      | If you find someone else in love with you and you don't
      | love him/her, feel honored that love came and called at your
      | door, but gently refuse the gift you cannot return. Do not
      | take advantage, do not cause pain.
      |
      | How you deal with love is how you deal with you, and all
      | our hearts feel the same pains and joys, even if our lives
      | and ways are different.
      |
      | If you fall in love with another, and he/she falls in
      | love with you, and then love chooses to leave, do not try to
      | reclaim it or to assess blame, let it go. There is a reason
      | and there is a meaning. You will know in time.
      |
      | Remember that you don't choose love. Love chooses you. All
      | you can really do is accept it for all its mystery when it
      | comes into your life. Feel the way it fills you to
      | overflowing, then reach out and give it away.
      |
      | Give it back to the person who brought it alive in you.
      | Give it to others who deem it poor in spirit. Give it to the
      | world  around you in anyway you can. There is where many
      | lovers go wrong. Having been so long without love, they
      | understand love only as a need. They see their hearts as
      | empty places that will be filled by love, and they begin to
      | look at love as something that flows to them rather than
      | from them.
      |
      | The first blush of new love is filled to overflowing,
      | but as their love cools, they revert to seeing their love as
      | need. They cease to be someone who generates love and
      | instead become someone who seeks love.
      |
      | They forget that the secret of love is that it is a
      | gift, and that it can be made to grow only by giving it away.
      | Remember this, and keep it to your heart. Love has its own
      | time, its own seasons, and its own reason for coming and
      | going. You cannot bribe it or coerce it, or reason it into
      | staying. You can only embrace it when it arrives and give
      | it away when it comes to you. But if it chooses to leave
      | from your heart or from the heart of your lover, there is
      | nothing you can do and there is nothing you should do.
      |
      | Love always has been and always will be a mystery.
      | Be glad that it came to live for a moment in your life.

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