Romeo Juliet (2006)

It was a strange morning as Jon woke up at 3.29am out of sudden. As he was dazing on his bed staring at the dark ceiling, visions of Romeo & Juliet's story came flooding into his mind. Scenes of them dying in each other’s arms... it was touching. As Jon continued to dwell in this famous love story, the story seemed to unfold further…

In this new story of Romeo & Juliet, God sent an angel from heaven to “resurrect” them… on 27/02/06. So they were brought back to life. This time round God gave them special skill in order to survive in this modern era. Romeo and Juliet owned a famous muffin shop in the CBD area. Juliet was the woman behind the famous muffins as God gave her the skills to bake wonderful muffins. Romeo was a given the wisdom to be enterprising as his business acumen enabled him to tie up a lot of business deals for distribution to hotels and other F&B restaurants.

Besides, the angel also taught Juliet to be submissive to Romeo so that he could be won over without words but by her behavior. By doing so Romeo would see the purity and reverence of her life and be touched. As such, Romeo would see Juliet’s great virtue and he would treat her with great respect and would love her even more. This kind of attitude really fostered their love, which was in turn reflected into their muffins they baked.

Business really blossomed due to their undying love. This love had created an aroma that dipped into every muffin they baked, and everyone who ate those muffins got a taste of their great love too. Soon everyone working in the CBD heard about their muffins and began to patronize their stalls. The muffins were not only delicious but were able to heal the broken-hearted and able to provide hope to those who were troubled with work problems. In no time, their business expanded in the CBD and their muffins were able to reach more people in need of emotional comforts.

However news soon spread to the Devil. He was angry that Romeo & Juliet were resurrected and even more raged to see their muffins healing a lot of his “victims”. Hence he came out a plan. He put a seed of “justice” into their mind and an Anti Angel between Romeo and Juliet. The Devil specially created this Anti Angel to be very patience, soft spoken and sensitive to woman’s needs and feelings. As such Juliet was able to see the sweetness of the Anti Angel and started to compare those characteristics with Romeo. Soon Juliet became to see the bad side of Romeo. As both of them were busy working so hard over their business, Romeo could not provide Juliet with the kind sensitivity towards her as well as gentleness and patience that the Anti Angel could provide. Sometimes he would also lose a little self-control and they both end up with small arguments. As time passed, Juliet became to feel disappointed over Romeo.

Upon seeing that Juliet is beginning to judge Romeo by his actions, the Anti Angel came forward and continued to “sow” the seed of “justice” which the Devil implanted in them. The Anti Angel told Juliet that for wives to be submissive to their husbands, the husbands must first show their great character and personality in order to win respect from the wives, so then the wives could be able to submit to them. Juliet now began to judged Romeo even more now and demanded him to be more like Anti Angel. Of course as Romeo was just flesh and blood with emotions, he could not match the standards of Anti Angel. Hence small arguments between Romeo and Juliet became big quarrels. The Anti Angel took advantage of this situation and managed to cause the breakup between them. Hence the great love of Romeo & Juliet became falling apart and they both went their separate way. In the end, the Devil won. The muffins business also fell apart. As such people in the CBD were not able to taste that “Loving” muffins anymore and they continued to live each day with broken-heartedness and bitterness. The Devil continued to rule this fallen world.

So this was the story unfold to Jon in the wee hours of this faithful morning. It was ironic as this broken love story tells us a ironic story. It was a love story that went sour in the name of “imperfection”. It was a story of people constantly looking towards a perfect partner and end up forgetting about the good things of an imperfect person. Jon would like to ask, “Who then shall be considered a perfect person?”

In fact, in the name of a “Great Love” lie 2 important questions:

1. Is a great love a continuous search of a perfect partner? Or;
2. It is a relationship that blossomed from two imperfect partners working towards acceptance of their shortcomings?

Have not the bible taught us in 1 Corinthians 13:4-5

“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.”

The final question Jon likes to ask, “Are you able to find real love with a perfect partner?”