Once upon a time, there was a guy who was very
much in love with this
girl. This romantic guy folded 1,000 pieces of paper
cranes as a gift to
his girl. Although, at that time he was just a small
executive in his company, his future doesn't seemed
too bright, they were very happy together.
Until one day, his girl told
him she was going to Paris and will never come back.
She also told him that she cannot visualize any future
for the both of them, so let's go their own ways there
and then... heart
broken, the guy agreed.
When he regained his confidence, he worked hard
day and night,
slogging his body and mind just to make something
out of himself. He involved in many business
involving
insurance, banking, loan,
investment, real state, stock exchange etc and made
a lot of money.
Finally with all these hard work and with the help of
friends, this guy had set up his own company with lot
of money to
spend and secure life...
"You never fail until you stop trying." he always told
himself. "I must make it in life!"
One rainy day, while this guy was driving, he saw an
elderly couple sharing an umbrella in the rain
walking to some destination.
Even with the umbrella, they were still drenched. It
didn't take him long to
realize those were his ex-girlfriend's parents. With a
heart in getting back
at them, he drove slowly beside the couple, wanting
them to spot him in his luxury sedan.
He wanted them to know that he wasn't the same
anymore, he had his own company, car, condo, etc.
He had made it in
life! Before the guy can realize, the couple was
walking towards a cometary,and he got out of his car
and followed them...and he saw his
ex-girlfriend, a photograph of her
smiling sweetly as ever at him from her tombstone...
and he saw his precious paper cranes in a bottle
placed beside her tomb.
Her parents saw him. He walked over and asked
them why this had happened. They
explained, she did not leave for France at all. She was
stricken ill with
cancer. In her heart, she had believed that he will
make it someday, but she did not want her
illness to be his obstacle ... therefore she had chosen
to leave him.
She had wanted her parents to put his paper cranes
beside her, because, if the day comes when fate
brings him to her again he can take some of those
back with him.
The guy just wept ...the worst way to miss someone
is to be sitting right beside them but knowing you
can't have them and will never see them again.
A tragic story that perhaps happens only in the
movies.
At the end of the day, money is money is money but
love is divine. In our quest for our material wealth,
take time to make time for our loved ones.
There will be a time when we have only
memories to cling to.
Take this week to show your "love" to all that are
close to us, how much you love them.
Say I love you in soft and lovely voice to that person
special in your life..
