It's a
lovely story read it carefully !!
One of
the lesson about life that one should not miss:
Minal
married Samir this day. At the end of the wedding party, Minal's
mother gave her a newly opened bank saving passbook with Rs.1000
deposit amount.
Mother:
'Minal, take this passbook. Keep it as a record of your marriage
life.
When
there's something happy and memorable happened in your new life, put
some money in. Write down what it's about next to the line.
The
more memorable the event is, the more money you can put in. I've done
the first one for you today. Do the others with Samir. When you look
back after years, you can know how much happiness you've had.'
Minal
shared this with Samir when getting home. They both thought it was a
great idea and were anxious to know when the second deposit can be
made.
This
was what they did after certain time:
- 7
Feb: Rs.100, first birthday celebration for Samir after marriage
- 1
Mar: Rs.300, salary raise for Minal
- 20
Mar: Rs.200, vacation trip to Bali
- 15
Apr: Rs.2000, Minal got pregnant
- 1
Jun: Rs.1000, Samir got promoted
.....
and so on...
However,
after years, they started fighting and arguing for trivial things.
They didn't talk much. They regretted that they had married the most
nasty people in the world.... no more love...Kind of typical
nowadays, huh?
One
day Minal talked to her Mother:-'Mom, we can't stand it anymore. We
agree to divorce. I can't imagine how I decided to marry this guy!!!'
Mother:
'Sure, girl, that's no big deal. Just do whatever you want if you
really can't stand it. But before that, do one thing first. Remember
the saving passbook I gave you on your wedding day? Take out all
money & spend it first. You shouldn't keep any record of such a
poor marriage.'
Minal
thought it was true. So she went to the bank, waiting at the queue
and planning to cancel the account.
While
she was waiting, she took a look at the passbook record. She looked,
and looked, and looked. Then the memory of all the previous joy and
happiness just came up her mind. Her eyes were then filled with
tears.
She
left and went home.
When
she was home, she handed the passbook to Samir, asked him to spend
the money before getting divorce.
The
next day, Samir gave the passbook back to Minal. She found a new
deposit of Rs.5000. And a line next to the record: 'This is the day I
notice how much I've loved you through out all these years. How much
happiness you've brought me.'
They
hugged and cried, putting the passbook back to the safe.
Do you
know how much they had saved when they retired? I did not ask. I
believe the money did not matter any more after they had gone through
all the good years in their life.
"When
you fall, in any way, Don't see the place where you fell, Instead see
the place from where you slipped.
Life
is about correcting mistakes."
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