Apendix A

The old man was sitting quietly in the park, listening to the birds sing and watching the children play. A short ways away he noticed an old friend, one he hadn't talked to in quite some time. It was a young man. The young man was walking hand in hand with a lovely young lady and they both apeared to be quite interested in one another, but out of the corner of the eye the young man noticed the older man away on the bench.

The young man led the girl by the hand to greet his friend, the old man.

"Sir, it's been a long time, how are you keeping up?"

Happy for the conversation the old man replied, "I'm quite all right, but who is this lovely young gal you're holding so sweetly?"

Beaming with excitment the young man let go of the girls hand long enough that she might shake with the old man as the young man introduced her, "This is my fiancé."

The old man remembered the conversation he'd had with his friend some time ago, "So you found LOVE, have you? Pleased to meet you."

She shook his hand and then quickly looked at her watch, "I suppose we really should be going."

Now the young man knew that they weren't in any kind of a hurry, and thus saw no reason to rush off when they had just started talking with the old man. "We have time, dear. I would love to sit and talk for a moment."

At this the young lady became a little upset, "Take your time, I'll be in the car when you're done." She quickly stormed off towards the car.

Feeling a little sheepish the young man apologized and began to hurry after the girl, but the old man stopped him, "Young man, won't you talk with me just for a short moment. I feel that I need to tell you some things." Confused, as the young man usually was when he began a conversation with the old man he turned.

The old man took on a weak smile, "Do you recall the last time we talked, you were wondering about LOVE. I vividly recall telling you that the one you LOVE is the one you would do anything for, correct?"

"Certainly, I've taken that to heart."

"I see, perhaps my explination was lacking."

Now the young man was more confused than he'd ever been and the old man could clearly see it so he decided to just keep the conversation short and jump strait into it, "When you do something for your love, what is your purpose?"

"Well, to make her happy of coarse."

"Yes, but are you making her happy at that moment, or are you helping her to be happy for eternity?"

This struck the young man deeply. He was lost for words as this simple revelation came to him. Love was not something that only effected the now, it also meant forever. As the old man stood to depart from the young man he gave one last bit of advise to be pondered over, "It's never important to give her the world just because she wants it, but it is vital to give her help because she needs it."