When Dean Martin is your marriage counselor, you tend to swagger a bit after your session; Pastor Martin keeps the glasses full. He says that love is like a fine wine; lots and lots of fine wine; to drink up the love and let it spill over into each other's lives.
"What's the difference between being drunk and being in love?" he asked. "You can't see straight, you can't eat and you don't have any money." He smiled. "You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on."
Then Pastor Martin got serious. "Sure some people will warn of excesses: The consumption of alcohol is a major factor in dancing like an idiot. The consumption of alcohol may leave you wondering what happened to your pants, and it's the leading cause of inexplicable run burns on the forehead." "In fact...." he continued, "the consumption of alcohol may actually cause pregnancy!" Pastor Martin sipped from his glass. "You kids need to take having fun seriously. Relax. Some paeople are too sober to be drunk, they don't hold the glass close enough for the champagne to be effective. Go through your married life with champagne goggles on. See the world through the eyes of a lover. See each other as the reason for love. 'Cause you're nobody 'till somebody loves you."
I asked Pastor Martin how we would know if this was real love. He said, "when the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, when the world seems to shine like you've had too much wine, bells will ring ting-a-ling-a-ling, and you'll sing Vita bella. That's amore.
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
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Well, I didn't change the username, etc, so Mark's marriage column posted in my blog!! Enjoy!
Mark and Tamara actually started their own blog, so find them at: planting pennies.blogspot.com!
excellent insights Lil. I just have one question... how does one get "run burns" one one's forehead?
Ya well, you know, Aaron!! It's just a spelling/typing mistake~it's really 'rug burns' like you thought it was! =)
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