Thaidakar the Ghostblood

Two men of opposing views on life sat down in a bar.

One turned to the other and explained his view on the way things worked to the best of his ability. This brought an ensuing argument that lasted for hours on end.

At last, the two men left, both frowning and sputtering. Another man came, younger, seeing the aftermath of the fight. He sat down at the bar, ordered a drink, and asked the bartender about what had happened. the bartender explained the deep theology conundrums both sides had presented. The young man, now sitting at the bar and enjoying his drink, thought for a long minute and said, "I don't see why they didn't agree."

"What?" the Bartender asked. "Why is that?"

"You see, they've just put a whole mess over it," the young man said, raising his cup for another drink. "It's my humble opinion, my friend, that the purpose of life is to love and be loved. God can say what he will, people can say what they will, but whatever look you have on which ways of loving are good, the purpose is always the same. It is to love and to be loved."

The bartender didn't say a word, not for a long time. The man chatted with a woman about how he was planning Finally, as the man was about to leave, he said, "Sir, I will give you a free drink on the house. Those two men had PHDs and have studied all their lives. You, without a PHD, without a doctorate, without knowing all the things of the different school, are the wiser of them all."

"I don't know about that," the young man said with a smile, "I just am fond of fantasy." And he left, leaving the bartender with the drink he had been about to give to the wisest man he had met that night.