Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai,
Florida, U. S. A., October 4, 1999 (Originally in English)

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Bernard was invited to his friend Ruben's home for dinner. Ruben, the host, made all the arrangements and requested his wife to prepare dinner and make Bernard feel at home. But he always used endearing terms like sweetheart, sugar plum, apple pie, honey pie, honey dew, morning rose, and pumpkin pie to call his wife whenever he requested something or talked to her.

Bernard was very, very impressed. He said: "Oh, my God, you are really, really sweet. After all these years of marriage, you still call her all these sweet names. You must have a very happy marriage. I am glad for you." Ruben said, "Shh, don't speak so loudly. I began to forget her name three years ago."