Thursday, January 27, 2011

A Millionaire's First Love

A Millionaire's First Love is a romantic tear jerker movie. The story line centers around Kang Jae-Kyung an arrogant and very handsome, but much of a slacker guy whom just inherited his father's fortune. Jae-Kyung who just turned 18 is living on top of the world until he is told about a clause in his father's will. The only way he will recieve his father's fortune is if he finishes high school at Boram High School in Gangwondo, a town that was dear to his late father. If Jae-Kyung does not succeed in getting a high school diaploma he loses all the money or if he resigns he will only recieve 0.1% of the money.
Of course Jae-Kyung does not take this very well, but has to go along with it if he wants to recieve the money. As Jae-Kyung is dealing with this new problem he comes across Eun-Whan an independent young girl who Jae-Kyung mistakes as an bagger. Unknown to him, Eun-Whan is facing serious problems herself. While Jae-Kyung is having a hard time adjusting to hi s new surroundings, his relationship with Eun-Whan is becoming closer.
Is this common girl breaking through his superficial heart? Is Eun-Whan keeping a secret from Jae-Kyung that may affect their relationship? And will Jae-Kyung recieve his father's fortune? or Will he value something much more important than money? A must watch to find out more about this beautiful love story between Jae-Kyung (played by Hyun Bin best known from My Lovely Samsoon) and Eun-Whan (played by Lee Yeon Hee). A story similar to an American movie called Love Story starring Ryan O'Nell.
A Millionaire's First Love presents the cliche story about a girl and a boy falling in love…again. However, the catch is: the girl is soon to die and the boy is soon to lose his inheritance.
Hyun Bin plays the arrogant millionaire who would soon lose all of his grandfather's money unless he graduates from some unknown high school in the suburb. Lee Yun Hee plays the innocent school girl who doesn't know her mother and father and has a terminal disease. They both meet and fall in love and discover that they have met years and years before. The story goes on to how they cope with Lee Yun Hee's hovering death.
What is disappointing about this movie is not only the typical and overused plot, but it is also how the writers and directors cultivate the story. There are many many movies and dramas out there that have the seemingly boring and typical plots but manage to pull themselves out of the stereotype with how they develop the stories. Truthfully, at first, this movie is quite intriguing. The pairing is a bit unusual and fresh. Unfortunately, as the movie unfolds, it becomes clear that this is just another tear-jerker wannabe movie.
Having said all of that, I have to bring some positive points to focus. The actors. Hyun Bin’s days as Sam Shik in My Name is Kim Sam Soon have long gone. His acting improves significantly and it matches well with the aura of the movie. Actress Lee Yun Hee also shines. She can ooze the innocence persona very well and make it believable. When you see her character, you would not think that she is a celebrity because she is able to look so simple yet still sweet.
All in all, this movie is good enough to fill out your spare time if you absolutely have nothing to do. And, set aside the fact that it is very much typical but look for the bittersweet interactions, beautiful setting, and of course the hotness of Hyun Bin.

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Boys Before Flowers

Title: Boys Before Flowers
Also known as: Boys Over Flowers
Japanese Title :Hana Yori Dango
Genre: Romance, comedy
Episodes: 25
Broadcast network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 2009-Jan-05 to 2009-Mar-31
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55

Synopsis

              Jan Di is an average girl whose family owns a dry cleaning store located near the luxurious and well known Shin Hwa College. Jan Di meets the four richest and most spoiled boys known as the F4. After saving a boy from jumping off the roof of Shinhwa High School, she is admitted into the school on a swimming scholarship. Jan Di tries to avoid confrontation with the F4 at all cost because she knows what happens to those that stand against them. However, when Jan Di’s friend, Oh Min Ji, accidentally gets ice cream on the leader of the F4′s shoes, she’s forced to declare war on the leader of the F4, Goo Joon Pyo.

Some loved it, some despised it. But no one will deny KBS TV drama “Boys Before Flowers” became an unprecedented phenomenon in South Korea’s television industry.
Since its first episode aired on Jan. 5, the series found itself at the center of a storm of rumors and controversy: one of its actresses committed suicide, all four main actors were injured in car accidents while rushing through a tight schedule and the show received several warnings from the media watchdog for excessive product placement and vulgar depiction of teenagers. To top it off, the series was repeatedly and harshly criticized for its “unrealistic and silly” plot.

But fans stuck with the 25-part series, which recorded an average 30 percent viewer rating at home and was sold to 11 Asian countries including Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines. “We could do better if we were to make the drama all over again,” said Bae Jong-byung, the drama’s planning director, in a recent interview. “But we are quite satisfied with what we achieved the first time. We managed to create a brand new type of drama.”
“Boys…” is based on a 37-volume Japanese “manga” series which was serialized in a bi-weekly magazine there from 1992 through 2003. Receiving a top manga award in 1996, the hit comic series has already been adapted into TV dramas in Japan and Taiwan. The story centers on a working-class girl and four scions of wealthy families who call themselves the “Flower Four (F4).” While struggling to survive in an elite school of rich students, the young girl finds herself falling in love with the group’s curly haired leader, who undergoes a transformation sparked by the relationship.
Despite a weak plot and flawed story line, fans say the Korean version still presented the “greatest eye pleasure” among the three adaptations thanks mostly to the show’s four main actors. “I loved the comic books back in middle school and was delighted that the TV characters matched my imagination perfectly,” said 27-year-old office worker Lee Ja-young. “Despite all its shortcomings, the Korean version has the best looking actors and I was happy just at the sight of them.”
Including Lee Min-ho, who starred as the F4 leader, the four actors were relatively new faces before becoming major stars within a few weeks of the drama’s first episode. “Our main focus was to cast the most handsome, cutest and freshest F4, and keep them that way throughout the show,” said director Bae. “Everything else came after that.”
Fans idolized members of the F4 like pop groups on stage and appeared ready to forgive their awkward acting and the show’s weak plot that went from strange to stranger as the series wore on. “The drama could never have earned so much popularity if F4 had been any less attractive,” said Nam Sung-eh, 30. “Women want to look at pretty actors and fantasize about them: just as men do about actresses.”
The show’s popularity also managed to attract fans from across generations, with mothers and daughters able to share in the joy of seeing their favorite F4 member on screen. “They were adorable,” says Lim Mi-young, whose daughter attends middle school. “It felt strange but pleasant to watch the series with my daughter and discuss who was the cutest among the four.”
The show’s portrayal of high school students has been another source of controversy. Manipulative youngsters who use compromising photos taken in hotel beds to blackmail one another or drive cars and go clubbing, with classes unattended for days during extended holidays to exotic islands is not reflective of the typical South Korean teen, critics say.
There were also a number of unexplained plot twists between episodes, with characters appearing and disappearing seemingly at random. Fans of the show dismiss the criticisms and defend the show’s tendency to depart from the reality of everyday life. “Fiction is, after all” they say, “fiction.” “I hated it,” one blogger posted on a local Web portal. “It seems to me that producers of this drama have no idea how to create a plausible plot and characters. I was disgusted looking at teenagers making out in the middle of the day, driving cars and drinking.”
“Who says drama has to be realistic?” refuted another. “I actually loved the drama so much more for its silliness. It helped me escape from the reality and forget my problems for a while. The last thing I want is a head-scratcher of a drama.” The weak story was largely a product of the drama’s tight shooting schedule, producers said. “With the actors and actresses becoming so popular and busy, we had a hard time mapping out schedules that work for everyone,” the drama’s main producer Jun Ki-sang said. “While the plot might not have been dense enough, we did our best to create visually impressive scenes. Being a fantasy, I think audiences were ready to overlook some of the logical flaws as long as they liked what they were seeing.”
As the drama’s popularity surged, everything F4 members ate, held and wore became hot items. Sales of the main character Jun-pyo’s (Lee Min-ho) favorite snack doubled while his curly top has now become the latest fashion trend. Companies poured in money to secure placements for their products in the series, while members of the F4 became the “most wanted” among advertising models. “My teenage sister demanded that my parents buy her a mobile phone the F4 carry around in the series although she already has a decent phone,” said college student Lee Yun-ha. ” I would have probably done the same if I had liked the show half as much as she did, seeing as it was virtually everywhere in the show.”
With critics slamming the drama’s producers as “gold diggers,” the Korea Communications Standards Commission issued a warning against the show for its excessive product placement, or PPL, a widely-known advertisement method among local television producers.
The show’s producers shot back. “At first, we had a hard time finding firms and broadcasters willing to fund the production costs, especially because the show lacked big name actors,” director Bae said. “With each episode costing nearly 300 million won (US$220,000) to make, we had no other means but to rely on advertising fees.” “With the Japanese and Taiwanese versions already a hit throughout Asia, we needed more money to create flashier and more sensational scenes,” he added. “This was why we did overseas filming despite the tight budget and schedule.”
Despite its obvious frailty, “Boys…” proved big name actors, playwrights and directors are no longer essential in creating a hit series, signaling new hope for a local TV industry struggling with tightening budgets and a limited number of stars. But thorough preparation will be essential for the second and third generation of such dramas, experts say. “I regret the fact we did not have more time to spend on the scenario and the overall story,” producer Jun said. “Everything was new to us as it was to viewers and we panicked. We hope we can manage to create something of a better quality next time.”
Dubbing the drama “an unexpected jackpot,” media critic Kang Myung-suk said producers should learn to be more patient in creating high-quality products. “‘Boys…’ could pull it off because it was the first of its kind, but viewers may not be so easily fooled next time,” he said. “Instead of focusing on short-term profits, producers should really think about spending more time, money and effort in creating something better.”



Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Romance and Disaster film Titanic (1997 film)

     Titanic is a 1997 American epic romance and disaster film directed, written, co-produced, and co-edited by James Cameron. A fictionalized account of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, it stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Jack Dawson and Kate Winslet as Rose DeWitt Bukater, members of different social classes who fall in love aboard the ship during its ill-fated maiden voyage. Although the central roles and love story are fictitious, some characters are based on genuine historical figures. Gloria Stuart portrays the elderly Rose, who narrates the film in a modern-day framing device, and Billy Zane plays Cal Hockley, the overbearing fiancé of the younger Rose. Cameron saw the love story as a way to engage the audience with the real-life tragedy.
      Production on the film began in 1995, when Cameron shot footage of the actual Titanic wreck. The modern scenes were shot on board the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh, which Cameron had used as a base when filming the actual wreck. A reconstruction of the Titanic was built at Playas de Rosarito, Baja California, and scale models and computer-generated imagery were also used to recreate the sinking. The film was partially funded by Paramount Pictures and 20th Century Fox – respectively, its American and international distributors – and at the time, it was the most expensive film ever made, with an estimated budget of US$200 million.
      The film was originally scheduled to open on July 2, 1997; however, post-production delays pushed back its release to December 19 instead. Titanic was an enormous critical and commercial success. It was nominated for fourteen Academy Awards, eventually winning eleven, including Best Picture and Best Director. It became the highest-grossing film of all time, with a worldwide gross of over $1.8 billion – the first film to reach the billion dollar mark – and remained so for twelve years until Cameron's next directorial effort, Avatar, surpassed it in 2010. Titanic is also ranked as the sixth best epic film of all time in AFI's 10 Top 10 by the American Film Institute.The film is due for theatrical re-release in 2012 after Cameron completes its conversion into 3-D. learn more..

Sunday, January 23, 2011

love letter

       A love letter is a romantic way to express feelings of love in written form. Delivered by hand, by mail or romantically left in a secret location, the letter may be anything from a short and simple message of love to a lengthy explanation of feelings.
Sometimes letters are preferable to face-to-face contact because they can be written as the thoughts come to the author's mind. This may allow feelings to be more easily expressed than if the writer were in the beloved's presence. Further, expressing strong emotional feelings to paper or some other permanent form can be an expression within itself of desire and the importance of the beloved and the lover's emotions. The expression of feelings may be made to an existing love or in the hope of establishing a new relationship. The increasing rarity and consequent emotional charm of personal mail may also serve to emphasize the emotional importance of the message.
Other times, especially in the past before the wide use of telecommunications, letters were one of the few ways for a couple to remain in contact. When one of them was posted or stationed some distance from the other, the "being apart" often intensified emotions and many times a desired normal communication could lead to a letter expressing love, longing and desires. This was especially the case with large numbers of young men and women were separated during times of war. During these times, "love letters" were the only means of communication, and soldiers even swapped addresses of desirable young ladies so that an initial communication and possible start of a relationship could be initiated.
As with any letter, a love letter could be written in any structure or style. One historically popular method is as a sonnet or other form of poem. William Shakespeare's sonnets are often cited as good examples of how to write emotional themes. Structure and suggestions of love letters have formed the subject of many published books, such as the anthology Love Letters of Great Men.
After the end of a relationship, returning love letters to the sender or burning them can symbolize the pain felt. In the past, love letters also needed to be returned as a matter of honor: a love letter, particularly from a lady, could be compromising or embarrassing later in life.[citation needed]
Some stationery companies produce paper and envelopes specifically for love letters. Some of these are scented, though most people prefer to spray them with their own perfume. This emphasizes, in the receiver's mind, the physical connection that occurred between them in this form of communication and thus may strengthen the overall impact of the letter.

Religious views in Hinduism

In Hinduism, kāma is pleasurable, sexual love, personified by the god Kamadeva. For many Hindu schools, it is the third end (artha) in life. Kamadeva is often pictured holding a bow of sugar cane and an arrow of flowers; he may ride upon a great parrot. He is usually accompanied by his consort Rati and his companion Vasanta, lord of the spring season. Stone images of Kamadeva and Rati can be seen on the door of the Chennakeshava temple at Belur, in Karnataka, India. Maara is another name for kāma.
In contrast to kāma, prema – or prem – refers to elevated love. Karuna is compassion and mercy, which impels one to help reduce the suffering of others. Bhakti is a Sanskrit term, meaning "loving devotion to the supreme God." A person who practices bhakti is called a bhakta. Hindu writers, theologians, and philosophers have distinguished nine forms of bhakti, which can be found in the Bhagavata Purana and works by Tulsidas. The philosophical work Narada Bhakti Sutras, written by an unknown author (presumed to be Narada), distinguishes eleven forms of love.

Love

        Love is the emotion of strong affection and personal attachment.[1] In philosophical context, love is a virtue representing all of human kindness, compassion, and affection. In some religious contexts, love is not just a virtue, but the basis for all being, as in the Roman Catholic phrase, "God is love"[2]. Love may also be described as actions towards others (or oneself) based on compassion.[3] Or as actions towards others based on affection.[4]
        The word love can refer to a variety of different feelings, states, and attitudes, ranging from generic pleasure ("I loved that meal") to intense interpersonal attraction ("I love my partner"). "Love" can also refer specifically to the passionate desire and intimacy of romantic love, to the sexual love of eros (cf. Greek words for love), to the emotional closeness of familial love, or to the platonic love that defines friendship,[5] to the profound oneness or devotion of religious love. [6] This diversity of uses and meanings, combined with the complexity of the feelings involved, makes love unusually difficult to consistently define, even compared to other emotional states.
         Love in its various forms acts as a major facilitator of interpersonal relationships and, owing to its central psychological importance, is one of the most common themes in the creative arts.

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young "star-cross'd lovers"[1] whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular archetypal stories of young, teenage lovers.
Romeo and Juliet belongs to a tradition of tragic romances stretching back to antiquity. Its plot is based on an Italian tale, translated into verse as The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet by Arthur Brooke in 1562 and retold in prose in Palace of Pleasure by William Painter in 1582. Shakespeare borrowed heavily from both but, to expand the plot, developed supporting characters, particularly Mercutio and Paris. Believed written between 1591 and 1595, the play was first published in a quarto version in 1597. This text was of poor quality, and later editions corrected it, bringing it more in line with Shakespeare's original.
Shakespeare's use of dramatic structure, especially effects such as switching between comedy and tragedy to heighten tension, his expansion of minor characters, and his use of sub-plots to embellish the story, has been praised as an early sign of his dramatic skill. The play ascribes different poetic forms to different characters, sometimes changing the form as the character develops. Romeo, for example, grows more adept at the sonnet over the course of the play.
Romeo and Juliet has been adapted numerous times for stage, film, musical and opera. During the Restoration, it was revived and heavily revised by William Davenant. David Garrick's 18th-century version also modified several scenes, removing material then considered indecent, and Georg Benda's operatic adaptation omitted much of the action and added a happy ending. Performances in the 19th century, including Charlotte Cushman's, restored the original text, and focused on greater realism. John Gielgud's 1935 version kept very close to Shakespeare's text, and used Elizabethan costumes and staging to enhance the drama. In the 20th century the play has been adapted in versions as diverse as MGM's comparatively faithful 1936 film, the 1950s stage musical West Side Story, and 1996's MTV-inspired Romeo + Juliet.

SMS FOR YOU

* Life ends when you stop dreaming, hope ends when you stop believing and love ends when   you stop    caring. So dream hope and love...Makes Life Beautiful.
* Time will always fly, but our love will never die. Keep in touch and remeber me.
* When time comes for u to give ur heart to someone, make sure u select someone who will   never break ur heart, cuz broken hearts has never spare parts.
* I m going to write on all the bricks I MISS U and i wish that one falls on ur head,so   that u knows how it hurts when u miss someone special like u.
* If 10 people care 4 u, one of them is me, if 1 person cares 4 u that would be me again,   if no 1 cares 4 u that means i m not in this world.

* I m feeling so happy, do u know why? cuz i m so lucky, do u know how? cuz God loves me.Do   u know how? cuz he gave me a gift. Do u know what? its YOU my love.

* 1st time i saw u i was scared 2 touch u.1st time i touched u i was scared 2 kiss u.1st   time i kiss u i was scared to luv u.but now dat i luv u im scared 2 lose u!

* If i were a tear in ur eye i wood roll down onto ur lips.But if u were a tear in my eye i   wood never cry as i wood be afraid 2 lose u!

* I am in hospital now. After 5 minutes, I will be transferred to a surgery room. The   doctor told me, I will die if I stop RECEIVING YOUR SMS.

* If you fall in river there is a boat .. if you fall in well there is rope .. but if you   fall in love there is no hope

* If U delete this message thats bcoz u love me. .. If u save it thats bcoz u desire me  ..   & if u ignore it thats bcoz u miss me. So what u gonna do with It?

* Do you believe in love at first sight .. or do I have to walk by again??
* Love is sweet poison: .. Do not consume without your beloved's advise .. and keep out of   reach of children .. and keep it in cool and dark place.
* You are like the sunshine so warm, you are like sugar, so sweet... you are like you...   and that's the reason why I love you!
* If you love someone, put their name in a circle, instead of a heart, because hearts can   break, but circles go on forever
* L O V E .. L = Lake of Sorrows .. O = Ocean of Tears .. V = Valley of Death .. E = End of   life....

* You must be a good runner because you are  always running in my mind, you must be a good   thief because you have stolen my heart, and i am always a bad shooter because I Miss You   Always...
* I have the "I",I have the "L",I have the "O",I have the "V",I have the
  "E",... so pls can I have "U"?
* What I feel for you,is really true. You got to know,I need you so. When you are gone,I   can't go on. Can't you see, that you are the only one for me?
* Love is like a golden chain that links our hearts together and if you ever break that   chain youll break my heart 4ever!By Ikram Marwat
* sweet as a rose bud bright as a star cute as a kitten thats what u are.bundles of joy   sunshine and fun you are everything i luv all rolled into 1By Ikram Marwat
* I have liked many but loved very few.yet no-one has been as sweet as u.I'd stand and wait   in the worlds longest queue.just for the pleasure of a moment with u.By Ikram Marwat
* Sometimes My eyes get jealouse of my Heart!!!
  You Know Why?Bcoz.....You Always Remain close to my HEART n far from my EYES. By Waseem
* uv been called b4 cupids court 4 stealin my heart.trespassin in my dreams & robin me of   my senses.uv been sentened 2 a lifetime wiv me- how do u plead?By Ikram Marwat
* I love so much my heart is sure.As time goes on I love you more,Your happy smile.Your   loving face, no one will ever take your placeBy Ikram Marwat
* Ur only mine wen i dream.wen i wake i wanna scream.ur not mine im all alone.i can only   text u on my fone.do dreams lie or r dey true-i hope so cos babes i want u!By Ikram   Marwat
* I believe that God above created u for me to luv.he picked you out from all the rest cos   he knew id luv you the best!By Ikram Marwat
* Girl ur clever girl ur smart.girl ur like a work of art.girl ur sexy girl ur fine.d only   thing u aint is mine! By Ikram Marwat
* WHAT IS LOVE? L FOR LAND OF SORROW.O FOR OCEAN OF TERAS. V FOR VELLEY OF DEATH. E FOR END   OF LIFE.MISS U ALL TIME By Irfan Khalid
* today a few drops of blood fell down of my heart and when i asked why the response was   "There was someone very cruel in yours heat that forced us to come out.By shehran ayub
* L is for lust
  O is for over
  v is for very loveable
  e is for ever
  the 4 signs of love By fortuneteller91
* Love is just like life, its not always easy and does not always bring happiness. but when   we do not stop living why should we stop loving By Arsh
* Remember me like pressed flower in ur Notebook.It may not b having any fragrance,but will   remind u of my existence 4ever in ur life... sonu verma
* My love that shall not die, till the sun grows cold, and the stars grow old by shumaila
* Love is like swallowing hot chocolate, it takes you by surprise at firts, but keeps you   warm for a long time by Saima
* My love for you is a journey, starting at forever and ending at never By Puja
* Dont give password of our Love and friendship to anybody,Because if u will say this   password "I LOVE U" It means he will hack u from me and u will go out from my hands.By   shaheryar
* I love all the stars in the sky, but they are nothing compared to the ones in your eyes!

* Love & Loving Relationships are in everyone's life!*

         Hopefully, you will find this site VERY helpful in finding out about love, finding people to love, expressing love, and realizing the love you have in your life. That is the intention.
LoveIsGreat.com is the result of my redirecting in a positive way my feelings for a girl who was my girlfriend after we broke up in 1998. I didn't understand the overwhelming feelings I had for her and so I did a search for the answer. Turned out it was "true love" and the information in the About Love area is the result of that search. Since then I have learned a lot about more about love and hope to share it with you.
See, I started the site on the very day that she broke up with me. What I learned about losing a loved one is in the Broken Hearts area. Romance & Relationships reflects information I collected for the future, and experiences from my past too. Loving Gifts area contains gifts I loved to give (and ones I do give to friends and my daughter). Plus, ones I would like to give. Dating & Finding Love is a good area to look at if you are in that stage.
The Love Q & A area is where you can ask questions and get answers from others on the site ... and I will answer when possible too. You can also join the LoveIsGreat.com Love Club and communicate with others who are interested in love. If you are single, maybe you will find a mate. If you are married, taked, or not looking you can join and find friends or people to talk to about a nice subject ... love.
* Almost ... if you close yourself to what love exists in your life ... then you won't have it.
           I tried to put in one place, the information and resources that I found through talking with psychotherapists (relationship counselors), college psychology courses, researching several books, searching the Internet, and other sources.
This site isn't about putting TONS of links to sites that may be useful. But, more about going through the process of weeding out the thousands of quotes, sites and resources and putting up just the most helpful. Some areas will change, others will remain the same, for some truths are simple and age old.
As for it being a ".com" site, that is more due to it being easier for people to remember, than any commercial purpose of the site. The purpose of LoveIsGreat.com is about helping people with understanding love, expressing love, and dealing with love. The other purpose is to honor a girl named Sayaka who inspired me.

Love ! Love !! Meaning of it

       In my view what is  “LOVE” Love is the most important thing to me. I feel as if it is the meaning of life. There has been a few relationships in my life and I have studied about it in books. Unfortunately though, Love is one of the things you must experience firsthand to even begin to understand it. To Love others, it is important to love yourself first. If you do not truly love yourself currently, it is time to start. To begin all you have to do is say it. “I love myself.” Go ahead, I know you feel funny. Laugh out loud. It is okay. Don’t you feel better? Do this every morning when you wake up. You will begin to feel the change. For a variation, just give yourself a compliment. Such as “I am great looking.” Be creative with what you say, but make sure they are positive statements. A lot of people put themselves down in their own minds. Quit it. Do not make yourself an enemy. You are unique. There is no one exactly like you. The experiences you have lived through are yours alone. It takes courage just to get out of bed. We all have those days when we could just stay asleep. What if there is something I dread doing later? More than likely it needs to be done. Think about how good you will feel after it is over. It will be much better. If you put it off it will still be there tomorrow. That equals times two dread. Dreading today and tomorrow. Procrastinating is a big hindrance to love. Love for yourself is much easier to do if you are acting now. It gives you the feeling of accomplishment. So in review, (1) Get out of bed. (2) Give yourself a compliment. (3) Do what needs to be done.