A story of keeping KESH w/ pics

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WAHEGURU JI KA KHALSA WAHEGURU JI KI FATEH

Lol i think it took me over half an hour to read but still im speachless n amazed too! Its very inspiring-

some things that you said have also been simular to my experinces n now i think i understand why my muslim mate said to me that sikhs are allowed to drink alcohol!(cuple of months ago) When i was defnetly sure that we arnt but i never had any quotes from Gurbani then that i could show him- although i do know now some quotes!

Penji- Radhi Kaur-amazing story... im glad that you chose Waheguru n never became an atheist because from my own experence being an athesist was equivelint to hell-worst part of my life, this was when i had problems n i cudnt understand sikhi ect n everytime i just felt like not wanting to exsist coz there wasnt no point in me living (coz problems)which were not going away. but at the same time i still tried to become a total non-religious person but my heart still refused that God doesnt exsist. N everytime i listened to Gurbani (parents put it on tv) i got peace n sukh which was the sukh that i never feel by doing anything else. (By the way im an theist now becuase i couldnt accept that God didnt exist as much as i tried, n person experience, n the fact that i feel overwhelmed n the peace that i cant describe when listeing to Gurbani n im hoping one day i will also become a Gursikh- n my misunderstandings about sikhi has gone so all's good)

[anjaan]

Vaheguruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu :wub:

so inspiring!!!

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may God continue to bless you alllllll with chardi kalla Gursikhi jeevan so you can continue to inspire others out there and this moorakh who is not worth the dust on your feet.

[kaur03]

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[kaur03]

AMAZING STORIES!!!!!

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[tarunjeet singh]

DHAN GURU NANAK ... :wub: :wub: :wub:

Inspired by the above posts heres my story :-

At a young age I was given Choola by panj singh when my parents took amrit after 1984. I remember having a normal childhood until I got to the age of 16 I was introduced to Alcohol at our school prom. We all got mashed out of our faces and this started a very slippery slope.

I left school passing all my exams with good grades, started college where I became involved with some really bad sangat. We used to take cannabis everyday and drink alcohol, go clubbing etc… Anyway this went on for two years at which point I lied to my parents that I had passed my college diplomas and was to join University.

I had a false certificate made and was enrolled in University. At uni I never went to lectures I Cut my kesh and would walk around like a gangster If anyone would even look at me wrong I would smash a bottle in there face or beat them up. I used to have many people who looked up to me for all the worn g reasons, as we all used to take cannabis daily I decided to become a dealer (Ironically my uncle was the main supplier and I know start making some serious money) So know I was dealing drugs, drinking, using extreme violence, thieving, and I had also started to take Crack cocaine.

I failed my first year at uni and transferred to another one which was in another City. This only made things worse as know I was away from home so know I was totally out of control I was still dealing drugs , had all the “Bling Bling” and the gangster car.

It was at this point in my life, what some people might call the highlife that I woke up one morning and thought to my self who are you? Why are you here? What religion are you? Well I wore a Kara but I could only name five of the ten Gurus’. There was a Gurudwara literally two minutes walk from where I was staying I decided to make sure I go every day for rehraas paat. I kept this up even if I knew I was gunna go clubbing.

Slowly my love for Guru ji started to grow, I would still do all the things I was doing but know I would feel bad and I would think about how much of a bad person I was for hours. Then one night we went to a club, we got into a big fight there was 8 of us and about 12 of the other people. That day me and my friends went mad we stabbed these people smashed bottles in there faces, they where in intensive care for a long time. This made me think I need to change my sangat and I started have a real fight with my mind, which was telling me to walk the Guru’s path.

The next week we went clubbing and everyone was typically drunk and drugged up me included. I was standing in the middle of the dance floor and something clicked in my head, my “buzz” went and I looked around me and I realised I was in HELL I was in the womb of Kaljug. I left the gig and decided in my mind I will take amrit at the next possible opportunity. With Guru ji’s kirpa there was an amrit sanchar that weekend just three days after the gig. I went to the rehansbhai I never told my parents or my friends I went and was blessed with Amrit. I have been lucky where I live the Singh’s and Singhnia have a solid amritvela and nearly all the Singh’s have done Panj Singh Dee seva.

I LOVE MY LORD THAT SAVED ME FROM THE WRETCHED LIFE I HAD AND GAVE ME RE-BIRTH AS GURSIKH VAHEGUUURRUU!!!!!!!!!

[guruji's_student]

:wub: WOW !!!!! AMAZING STORIESSS .. WOW!.. Realsing that i am not alone .. everybody goes through things like this!

My story then !!

Well about 3 years ago i go into sikhi , I have always been into sikhi like wanting to know more , but i had no sangat!!!... i was one of those PROUD TO BE SIKH people. I did used to go gurdwara , but tried to get out of it a lot.

I stayed in birmingham with my cousins 3 years ago , they had just recently taken amrit , so i was inspried by them , they told me stories on sikhi daily and took me to a nagar kirtan my first 1 , and gurdwara a lot , from that point i realised i wanted to take amrit at some point in my life.

When i got home after 2 weeks , i went straight into my room and did mool mantar paat ( as i had a gutka). Everybody in my family started thinking i was mad, that i got brainwashed by my cousins (always have to blame someone). As my parents are not relgious nor are my family , my dads a mona smokes etc , Mums religous as in goes gurdwara all the timee does so much sewa, but doesnt really follow any rehit.

So slowy i started using the internet a lot .. researching about the gurus and sikhi and meeting good sangat online , using sikh forums a lot. My parents began to wounder where i was learning all this sikhi stuff from , as nobody realli in my fmaily are religous.

I became a vegetarian , no egg or fish !!.. ( i didnt think about it jst decided to in 1 min after talking tomy cousin) .. I was so determined to keep it up , and i did. eevrybody was like i give you a week .. it had been a year! .. I was learning more about sikhi .. through sangat and internet

Neway ..

3rd year this year .. HARDESTT EVER!! ... guru ji has set hudge tests for me.

this year ive been following rehit , all my kakkar , go gurdwara a lot , do my paat etc. But fmaily were so against it i couldnt understand why my fmaily were so against it .. maybe becausethey wasnt used to seeing me religous , as nobody else in the fmaily was , i used to eat meat , at weddings etc dance dance dance , dress up a lot etc.

But ive realised the true path now , I went to my first rehnsabhi , AMAZING! my dad didnt know about it as he would have said no , my mum did , as i stayed round my cousins and went with someofmy singhnee freinds . , From that day i changed !!! it only takes some sangat to change me ... I stopped listening to bhangra ( i was a fanatic literally !!! ) i stopped make-up , removing hair etc. All cus of that rehnsabhi.

At this point people really thought i was mad , fmaily would laugh at me , call me a Freak , blame people for bringin me into sikhi( but wouldnt youre fmaily be supportive of you coming into sikhi? guess not).. It was the hardest ive ever faced.

Then at school i faced another test ... The school did allow me to wear my kara in p.e I refused to remove it .. this went on and on .. i got some singhs to come down to school they sorted it out .. ok took time .. liek had to go to the board of goveners but with maharajs kirpa it worked out ( thanks to the singhs to , done great seva.).

I started to go to more rhensbahis , keertan darbars CHANGED ME SOO MUCH ! i loved it couldt get enough , kirtan 24/7 for me now.. loved it LOVED IT loved it!!

Family were so mean to me , but i knew i had guru ji by my side ( kalgia vale mere naal hai)

I stayed a weekend at my other cousins house they are all amrtidhari ( but theyre like my dads cousins kids so a little far) .. There was a rehnsabhi that night .. OMG I WAS IN LOVE! i sang out loud .. was in deep meditation did seva chilled with the sangat .. the next day got up early as there was a r4g mission to go to .. i went WOW!!! all i can say .. that changed me for good .. that was like my first step towards to the route of amrit.

I went home wore all my 5 kakkar.. wore patka's .. that evening some of the singhs were saying in about 2 weeks amrit sanchar anybody ready heres youre chance.. i didnt realli think about taking amrit like in the weeks to come . i just let it slip my mind. I spoke to the singhs again , and i started to realise " im read for this" .. but i knew my parents would say NO!!.. as in how are you going to get married? ( plenty of great sangat now) .. job ? ( maharajs kirpa) .. how would you fit in .. it went on !!

The date got closer and closer.. i did ardas to maharaj daily to show me the true path ... to give me a sign wheter or not guru ji thinks im ready to take amrit..

I spoke and spoke to people about it .. i knew at this point i was ready!! ... Well i thought ok im gna break it down to my parents , i thort my mum would be fine .. dad no way get out the house!! .. No dad was fine , he goes i wil ask youre mum if she says yeah , then you can take amrit!! i was liek shock but sooo soo happy :wub:

I started to get ready for my amrit sanchar , then dad asked my mum , they wasnt to sure .. so they asked my grandad he said NO!! .. my heart broke into peices .. i cried and cried and cried.. i idnt talk to nobody .. at that point i realised howmuch i wanted amrit .. how much i wanted to give my head!! .. i couldt stand the factmy parents said no " how dare they stop a person on the path of god". I was determined to take amrit , wthere it be i go by my self without telling anybody !! ... hmm risky .. the worst they could do iskick me out thehouse!.. I didnt care

I did ardas next day .. and asked my rents .. i needed theire blessings , i cried i pleaded , finally managed to perusade them they sais YES! ... VAHEGUROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!! vaheguroo ji had done so muchkirpa on me it was unbealivable ...

but .. i didnt tell ym parents id be wearing a dastar heheh !! lol.. took amrit WOW !! i came home with a dastar on .. my dad was fine about it , mum was funni she still is but who cares.. I GAVE MY HEAD! I WAS OVER THE MOON

I GAVE MY HEAD ON 13TH AUGUST 2005 !! :wub:

i cant belive it , That id give my head , at the age of 15 anyway !! .. in shock seriously.

i took amrit in my hols , went to school , eevry1 was fine .. ok 1 person said something but who cares! IM GURU GOBIND SINGH JI'S DAUGHTER! IVE GOT A CROWN ON MY HEAD! im more than determined to carry on .

Now ive gotta tell my school about my kirpan heheh hope it will go well.

Last year at school.. so shoudl be fine

People stare but .. not as bad as ithort it wud be !

I JUST THANKS VAHEGUROO JI FOR GIVNG ME THIS OPPURTUNITY! FOR SHOWING ME THE TRUE PATH .. I HOPE VAHEGUROO JI BLESSES OTHERS TO.

[amarjeet_singh_1699]

wow, penj.

this is tarrandeep but im postin frm my bros account cos i aint got 1. i hope he dnt mind :wub:

anyway, i also took amrit on 13th august 2005, you wer at the amrit sanchar :TH:

wow, wat a chardi kala day that was.

ur story is an inspiration, many of us have it easy cos our aunts uncles have a big effect on us, but wen ur family dnt support u it can be tuff, but its ok cos u got the support of maharaaj.

stay is chardi kala sis.

(if ur not sure wich singhnee i was at the amrit sanchar, i had a blue dastar and blak chola)

keep in touch (tarrandeep_kaur@yahoo.co.uk)

vahigurujikakhalsavahigurujikifateh

[amarjeet_singh_1699]

wow, penj.

this is tarrandeep but im postin frm my bros account cos i aint got 1. i hope he dnt mind :wub:

anyway, i also took amrit on 13th august 2005, you wer at the amrit sanchar :TH:

wow, wat a chardi kala day that was.

ur story is an inspiration, many of us have it easy cos our aunts uncles have a big effect on us, but wen ur family dnt support u it can be tuff, but its ok cos u got the support of maharaaj.

stay is chardi kala sis.

(if ur not sure wich singhnee i was at the amrit sanchar, i had a blue dastar and blak chola)

keep in touch (tarrandeep_kaur@yahoo.co.uk)

vahigurujikakhalsavahigurujikifateh

[Akaal Purakh Di Fauj]

:wub: WOW !!!!! AMAZING STORIESSS .. WOW!.. Realsing that i am not alone .. everybody goes through things like this!

My story then !!

Well about 3 years ago i go into sikhi , I have always been into sikhi like wanting to know more , but i had no sangat!!!... i was one of those PROUD TO BE SIKH people. I did used to go gurdwara , but tried to get out of it a lot.

I stayed in birmingham with my cousins 3 years ago , they had just recently taken amrit , so i was inspried by them , they told me stories on sikhi daily and took me to a nagar kirtan my first 1 , and gurdwara a lot , from that point i realised i wanted to take amrit at some point in my life.

When i got home after 2 weeks , i went straight into my room and did mool mantar paat ( as i had a gutka). Everybody in my family started thinking i was mad, that i got brainwashed by my cousins (always have to blame someone). As my parents are not relgious nor are my family , my dads a mona smokes etc , Mums religous as in goes gurdwara all the timee does so much sewa, but doesnt really follow any rehit.

So slowy i started using the internet a lot .. researching about the gurus and sikhi and meeting good sangat online , using sikh forums a lot. My parents began to wounder where i was learning all this sikhi stuff from , as nobody realli in my fmaily are religous.

I became a vegetarian , no egg or fish !!.. ( i didnt think about it jst decided to in 1 min after talking tomy cousin) .. I was so determined to keep it up , and i did. eevrybody was like i give you a week .. it had been a year! .. I was learning more about sikhi .. through sangat and internet

Neway ..

3rd year this year .. HARDESTT EVER!! ... guru ji has set hudge tests for me.

this year ive been following rehit , all my kakkar , go gurdwara a lot , do my paat etc. But fmaily were so against it i couldnt understand why my fmaily were so against it .. maybe becausethey wasnt used to seeing me religous , as nobody else in the fmaily was , i used to eat meat , at weddings etc dance dance dance , dress up a  lot etc.

But ive realised the true path now , I went to my first rehnsabhi , AMAZING! my dad didnt know about it as he would have said no , my mum did , as i stayed round my cousins and went with someofmy singhnee freinds . , From that day i changed !!! it only takes some sangat to change me ... I stopped listening to bhangra ( i was a fanatic literally !!! ) i stopped make-up , removing hair etc. All cus of that rehnsabhi.

At this point people really thought i was mad , fmaily would laugh at me , call me a Freak , blame people for bringin me into sikhi( but wouldnt youre fmaily be supportive of you coming into sikhi? guess not).. It was the hardest ive ever faced.

Then at school i faced another test ... The school did allow me to wear my kara in p.e I refused to remove it .. this went on and on .. i got some singhs to come down to school they sorted it out .. ok took time .. liek had to go to the board of goveners but with maharajs kirpa it worked out ( thanks to the singhs to , done great seva.).

I started to go to more rhensbahis , keertan darbars CHANGED ME SOO MUCH ! i loved it couldt get enough , kirtan 24/7 for me now.. loved it LOVED IT loved it!!

Family were so mean to me , but i knew i had guru ji by my side ( kalgia vale mere naal hai)

I stayed a weekend at my other cousins house they are all amrtidhari ( but theyre like my dads cousins kids so a little far) .. There was a rehnsabhi that night .. OMG I WAS IN LOVE! i sang out loud .. was in deep meditation did seva chilled with the sangat .. the next day got up early as there was a r4g mission to go to .. i went WOW!!! all i can say .. that changed me for good .. that was like my first step towards to the route of amrit.

I went home wore all my 5 kakkar.. wore patka's .. that evening some of the singhs were saying in about 2 weeks amrit sanchar anybody ready heres youre chance.. i didnt realli think about taking amrit like in the weeks to come . i just let it slip my mind. I spoke to the singhs again , and i started to realise " im read for this" .. but i knew my parents would say NO!!.. as in how are you going to get married? ( plenty of great sangat now) .. job ? ( maharajs kirpa) .. how would you fit in .. it went on !!

The date got closer and closer.. i did ardas to maharaj daily to show me the true path ... to give me a sign wheter or not guru ji thinks im ready to take amrit..

I spoke and spoke to people about it .. i knew at this point i was ready!! ...  Well i thought ok im gna break it down to my parents , i thort my mum would be fine .. dad no way get out the house!! .. No dad was fine , he goes i wil ask youre mum if she says yeah , then you can take amrit!! i was liek shock  but sooo soo happy  :wub:

I started to get ready for my amrit sanchar , then dad asked my mum , they wasnt to sure  .. so they asked my grandad he said NO!! .. my heart broke into peices .. i cried and cried and cried.. i idnt talk to nobody .. at that point i realised howmuch i wanted amrit .. how much i wanted to give my head!! .. i couldt stand the factmy parents said no " how dare they stop a person on the path of god". I was determined to take amrit , wthere it be i go by my self without telling anybody !! ... hmm risky .. the worst they could do iskick me out thehouse!.. I didnt care

I did ardas next day .. and asked my rents .. i needed theire blessings , i cried i pleaded , finally managed to perusade them they sais YES! ... VAHEGUROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!! vaheguroo ji had done so muchkirpa on me it was unbealivable ...

but .. i didnt tell ym parents id be wearing a dastar heheh !! lol.. took amrit WOW !! i came home with a dastar on .. my dad was fine about it , mum was funni she still is but who cares.. I GAVE MY HEAD! I WAS OVER THE MOON

I GAVE MY HEAD ON 13TH AUGUST 2005 !! :wub:  

i cant belive it , That id give my head , at the age of 15 anyway !! .. in shock seriously.

i took amrit in my hols , went to school , eevry1 was fine .. ok 1 person said something but who cares! IM GURU GOBIND SINGH JI'S DAUGHTER! IVE GOT A CROWN ON MY HEAD! im more than determined to carry on .

Now ive gotta tell my school about my kirpan heheh    hope it will go well.

Last year at school.. so shoudl be fine

People stare but .. not as bad as ithort it wud be !

I JUST THANKS VAHEGUROO JI FOR GIVNG ME THIS OPPURTUNITY! FOR SHOWING ME THE TRUE PATH .. I HOPE VAHEGUROO JI BLESSES OTHERS TO.

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wow

thats an amazing bhenji

mad respect to you, may guru ji keep u in chardee kala forever

waheguru ji

[shanti]

:wub: WOW !!!!! AMAZING STORIESSS .. WOW!.. Realsing that i am not alone .. everybody goes through things like this!

My story then !!

Well about 3 years ago i go into sikhi , I have always been into sikhi like wanting to know more , but i had no sangat!!!... i was one of those PROUD TO BE SIKH people. I did used to go gurdwara , but tried to get out of it a lot.

I stayed in birmingham with my cousins 3 years ago , they had just recently taken amrit , so i was inspried by them , they told me stories on sikhi daily and took me to a nagar kirtan my first 1 , and gurdwara a lot , from that point i realised i wanted to take amrit at some point in my life.

When i got home after 2 weeks , i went straight into my room and did mool mantar paat ( as i had a gutka). Everybody in my family started thinking i was mad, that i got brainwashed by my cousins (always have to blame someone). As my parents are not relgious nor are my family , my dads a mona smokes etc , Mums religous as in goes gurdwara all the timee does so much sewa, but doesnt really follow any rehit.

So slowy i started using the internet a lot .. researching about the gurus and sikhi and meeting good sangat online , using sikh forums a lot. My parents began to wounder where i was learning all this sikhi stuff from , as nobody realli in my fmaily are religous.

I became a vegetarian , no egg or fish !!.. ( i didnt think about it jst decided to in 1 min after talking tomy cousin) .. I was so determined to keep it up , and i did. eevrybody was like i give you a week .. it had been a year! .. I was learning more about sikhi .. through sangat and internet

Neway ..

3rd year this year .. HARDESTT EVER!! ... guru ji has set hudge tests for me.

this year ive been following rehit , all my kakkar , go gurdwara a lot , do my paat etc. But fmaily were so against it i couldnt understand why my fmaily were so against it .. maybe becausethey wasnt used to seeing me religous , as nobody else in the fmaily was , i used to eat meat , at weddings etc dance dance dance , dress up a  lot etc.

But ive realised the true path now , I went to my first rehnsabhi , AMAZING! my dad didnt know about it as he would have said no , my mum did , as i stayed round my cousins and went with someofmy singhnee freinds . , From that day i changed !!! it only takes some sangat to change me ... I stopped listening to bhangra ( i was a fanatic literally !!! ) i stopped make-up , removing hair etc. All cus of that rehnsabhi.

At this point people really thought i was mad , fmaily would laugh at me , call me a Freak , blame people for bringin me into sikhi( but wouldnt youre fmaily be supportive of you coming into sikhi? guess not).. It was the hardest ive ever faced.

Then at school i faced another test ... The school did allow me to wear my kara in p.e I refused to remove it .. this went on and on .. i got some singhs to come down to school they sorted it out .. ok took time .. liek had to go to the board of goveners but with maharajs kirpa it worked out ( thanks to the singhs to , done great seva.).

I started to go to more rhensbahis , keertan darbars CHANGED ME SOO MUCH ! i loved it couldt get enough , kirtan 24/7 for me now.. loved it LOVED IT loved it!!

Family were so mean to me , but i knew i had guru ji by my side ( kalgia vale mere naal hai)

I stayed a weekend at my other cousins house they are all amrtidhari ( but theyre like my dads cousins kids so a little far) .. There was a rehnsabhi that night .. OMG I WAS IN LOVE! i sang out loud .. was in deep meditation did seva chilled with the sangat .. the next day got up early as there was a r4g mission to go to .. i went WOW!!! all i can say .. that changed me for good .. that was like my first step towards to the route of amrit.

I went home wore all my 5 kakkar.. wore patka's .. that evening some of the singhs were saying in about 2 weeks amrit sanchar anybody ready heres youre chance.. i didnt realli think about taking amrit like in the weeks to come . i just let it slip my mind. I spoke to the singhs again , and i started to realise " im read for this" .. but i knew my parents would say NO!!.. as in how are you going to get married? ( plenty of great sangat now) .. job ? ( maharajs kirpa) .. how would you fit in .. it went on !!

The date got closer and closer.. i did ardas to maharaj daily to show me the true path ... to give me a sign wheter or not guru ji thinks im ready to take amrit..

I spoke and spoke to people about it .. i knew at this point i was ready!! ...  Well i thought ok im gna break it down to my parents , i thort my mum would be fine .. dad no way get out the house!! .. No dad was fine , he goes i wil ask youre mum if she says yeah , then you can take amrit!! i was liek shock  but sooo soo happy  :wub:

I started to get ready for my amrit sanchar , then dad asked my mum , they wasnt to sure  .. so they asked my grandad he said NO!! .. my heart broke into peices .. i cried and cried and cried.. i idnt talk to nobody .. at that point i realised howmuch i wanted amrit .. how much i wanted to give my head!! .. i couldt stand the factmy parents said no " how dare they stop a person on the path of god". I was determined to take amrit , wthere it be i go by my self without telling anybody !! ... hmm risky .. the worst they could do iskick me out thehouse!.. I didnt care

I did ardas next day .. and asked my rents .. i needed theire blessings , i cried i pleaded , finally managed to perusade them they sais YES! ... VAHEGUROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!! vaheguroo ji had done so muchkirpa on me it was unbealivable ...

but .. i didnt tell ym parents id be wearing a dastar heheh !! lol.. took amrit WOW !! i came home with a dastar on .. my dad was fine about it , mum was funni she still is but who cares.. I GAVE MY HEAD! I WAS OVER THE MOON

I GAVE MY HEAD ON 13TH AUGUST 2005 !! :wub:  

i cant belive it , That id give my head , at the age of 15 anyway !! .. in shock seriously.

i took amrit in my hols , went to school , eevry1 was fine .. ok 1 person said something but who cares! IM GURU GOBIND SINGH JI'S DAUGHTER! IVE GOT A CROWN ON MY HEAD! im more than determined to carry on .

Now ive gotta tell my school about my kirpan heheh    hope it will go well.

Last year at school.. so shoudl be fine

People stare but .. not as bad as ithort it wud be !

I JUST THANKS VAHEGUROO JI FOR GIVNG ME THIS OPPURTUNITY! FOR SHOWING ME THE TRUE PATH .. I HOPE VAHEGUROO JI BLESSES OTHERS TO.

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Penjiiiii this made me cry....u inspire me so much and thanks for being a great sis in sikhi to me..we been through a lot of mad moments on msn i tell you heheh and Guruji helped us hunna? Your trully Gurujis princess and i love you for it xxxxxxxx