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This morning, my sister emailed me a link to a very touching video on YouTube. It’s about “Love and Friendship”.

It is a story about how two friends, John Rendall and Anthony Bourke wittingly bought themselves a lion cub from Harrods Department store in London in 1969. They named him, Christian. When Christian grew too big and too costly to preserve at 18 months, the duo decided to send him back into the wilds. They sought the help of George Adamson, the founder of Kenyan Wildlife Sanctuary, who agreed to help rehabilitate Christian into his new environment at Kora National Reserve in Kenya, Africa.

A year later, Rendall and Bourke decided to visit their “son”. Worried that Christian might have integrated into the wilds and not recognized his former owners, Adamson advised them to keep a safe distance. Conventional wisdom will ask you to keep away from wildlife animals, especially when they come lurching towards you. As you would see, the film showed otherwise. Once again, it is a great testament that love knows no boundary and friendships last for a lifetime. Love conquers all.

Christian, The Lion

Related Links to Christian, The Lion

• Christian: The Lion at World’s End DVD
• Christian, The Lion on Wikipedia
• George Adamson with Christian, the lion
• George Adamson Wildlife Preservation Trust
• Man in ‘hugging’ lion video reveals its secrets

Life is so simple, yet things in life can get so complicated. What an irony, right? Personally, I think because the purpose of life is so simple that either you get it or you don’t. If you don’t get it, the complexities of your daily life are shielding that understanding from you. To experience it, you need to take a pause in life and take all the demands, noise and systems away from you. Let yourself fly 10 trillion miles away from where you are now and try to view the world and your life from that perspective.

Imagine how differently you see your surrounding now? Visualize whether the obstacles and challenges you encounter are just hiccups? Question yourself whether you are walking towards or running away from the destiny of your existence? Envision how things would be different if you have discovered your understanding ten, five or even one year ago?

I bet ya’, life would not have taken the same course. That moment struck me too when I least expected it. Many books I have read illustrate the simple nature of life, but not until I read books like “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho and “Tuesdays with Morrie” by Mitch Albom that finally connected the dots.

Here’s a summary what I finally came to realize. “Life is Love” and “Love is Life”. Without either, there is no existence of human being or the human race per se. And the ultimate source of love is from the creator of life and the universe. Without the love of the creator, there is no life in this universe. Without this universe, there is no medium to show outpouring of love. All in all, life and love have to coexist. To fully understand life, you need to learn to love and want to be loved.

Since this is just an introduction, let me expand further on my next post. I hope you enjoy it!