Finding Love

By Reg Bartley
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01 Jun, 07 - 2 Comments.

Good morrow. I'm Reg Bartley. Author, part time-baker, full time gun slinger.

You know, people often come up to me...and ask for money. More often than not, I will rather violently whip them away, which until several decades ago was an acceptable form of punishment. However, as I enter the twilight years of my life and/or existence I've begun to realise several things - the most prominent being the social environment between men and women is quickly a-changing.

Also, I've realised that it's not appropriate to call a taxi driver a...*parts of this article have been edited due to on-going legal proceedings*...and eventually the cat was found unharmed.

Therefore, I'm sometimes left wondering what happened to the days of yonder? In most times of need I would simply turn to my hit novella REG BARTLEY'S WHAT HAPPENED TO THE DAYS OF YONDER?©. However, nowadays I feel that not even my hit novella REG BARTLEY'S WHAT HAPPENED TO THE DAYS OF YONDER?© can help me. Due in part to the fact it was first published in 1928 and was subsequently burnt by the German armies in 1933, but also due to the ever changing world that we now live in...but mostly due to the book burning.

I recently decided to take action and embarked on a process which I have sold to hundreds of clients over the years, but never tried myself. I tried to find the true meaning of love.

As I said in my 1968 Children's book BILLY AND THE WITCH DOCTOR™, and I quote, "You will never find Love...unless you understand it". It's a sound bit of advice which was largely ignored, due in part to the fact the book revolved around a small child and a murderous witch doctor from the future, but also because sometimes people don't wish to hear the truth within themselves. Since then, I have developed a new system - in my latest self-help book LEARN ABOUT LOVE: BILLY AND THE WITCH DOCTOR 2: CRUISE CONTROL™.

Step One - Remember When You Were Last Loved

It's as simple as it sounds. Just recall from your past something, anything, when you felt love or loved. The memories of my family outings are still a source of strength to me. I remember we'd all pile into the car - I forget what kind it was - and drive and drive. I'm not sure where we'd go, but I think there were some trees there. The smell of something was strong in the air as we played whatever sport we played. I remember a bigger, older guy we called "Dad." We'd eat some stuff, or not, and then I think we went home. I guess some things never leave you.

Step Two - Face Your Fears

If you're full of fear, your heart will never be open to new people, new loves or new emotions. It is an essential part of the REG BARTLEY LOVE PLAN© that you face up to your fears. For example, to me, clowns aren't funny. In fact, they're kind of scary. I've often wondered where this started and I think it goes back to the time I went to the circus, and a clown killed my Dad.

Step Three - Accept You Can Love

Once you are open to love and the ability to love, you can then embark on trying to find that special someone. Will it be someone who you find physically attractive, mentally attractive, will it be someone who is old and is likely to leave you a large sum of money in his and/or her will? For me, I've found love several times over. And while my respective partner's deaths were both saddening and profitable, one fact remained - these people made me laugh.

My father, Duke Phillip Snr Reginald XII, always thought laughter was the best medicine. Which, in hindsight, is why several in the family died of tuberculosis.

So there you go. The only way to find love, is to accept the love of others. But also accepting the love of yourself. And also not accepting lifts from a man in a clown suit. Follow these steps and you to could find love the THE REG BARTLY WAY©.