Love

   

This is really quite a heartwarming video. It's not often people come out of a psychological or scientific study looking this happy or having learnt something about themselves.

After I watched this video, I decided to try it on my own.

I lay down, kept very still, and focused on love for 5 minutes.


(I didn't have mental preparation so I didn't prepare a lot of memories to go through, so I just worked with what I could immediately recall and let one image lead me to another.)

The first image that popped into my head was my sister at the end of one of her concerts years back. I gave her a stuffed toy for the first time, and she started to tear and gave me a big hug.

Then I thought about Melanie, my closest friend at this chapter of my life. It made me happy just thinking of her and what a dear friend she had become to me when I needed a close friend most.

The last image that came into my head was that of Kimberly, back in our JC days. The night before, via either internet or phone, I had told her that I loved her at the end of our conversation. It wasn't in a romantic way; She was on of my closest friends at the time and I really did want her to know that I treasured her. But it was the first time I said it, and I was worried the entire night that she didn't take it the right way.

The next day, I was at the crowded assembly plaza with the rest of the thousand students from my school before flag raising. I found my class, and as the crowd of people shifted, I saw Kimberly at the back of the line. She caught my gaze, and she smiled.

And that was one of the most amazing moments in my life.


The chemicals in my brain were running. I'm quite sure in real life I was smiling. And I naturally fell into a dream and napped for a straight 3 hours.