|
He met her at a party. She was so outstanding, many guys
chasing after her, while he was so normal, nobody paid
attention to him.
At the end of the party, he invited her to have coffee with
him, she was surprised but due to being polite, she
promised. They sat in a nice coffee shop, he was too nervous
to say anything, she felt uncomfortable, and she thought to
herself, "Please, let me go home..."
Suddenly he asked the waiter, "Would you please give me some
salt? I'd like to put it in my coffee." Everybody stared at
him, so strange! His face turned red but still, he put the
salt in his coffee and drank it. She asked him curiously,
"Why you have this hobby?" He replied, "When I was a little
boy, I lived near the sea, I liked playing in the sea, I
could feel the taste of the sea, just like the taste of the
salty coffee. Now every time I have the salty coffee, I
always think of my childhood, think of my hometown, I miss
my hometown so much, I miss my parents who are still living
there." While saying that tears filled his eyes. She was
deeply touched. That's his true feeling, from the bottom of
his heart. A man who can tell out his homesickness, he must
be a man who loves home, cares about home, has
responsibility of home... Then she also started to speak,
spoke about her faraway hometown, her childhood, her family.
That was a really nice talk, also a beautiful beginning of
their story. They continued to date. She found that actually
he was a man who meets all her demands; he had tolerance,
was kind hearted, warm, careful. He was such a good person
but she almost missed him! Thanks to his salty coffee! Then
the story was just like every beautiful love story, the
princess married to the prince, and then they were living
the happy life... And, every time she made coffee for him,
she put some salt in the coffee, as she knew that's the way
he liked it.
After 40 years, he passed away, left her a letter which
said, "My dearest, please forgive me, forgive my whole
life's lie. This was the only lie I said to you---the salty
coffee. Remember the first time we dated? I was so nervous
at that time, actually I wanted some sugar, but I said salt.
It was hard for me to change so I just went ahead. I never
thought that could be the start of our communication! I
tried to tell you the truth many times in my life, but I was
too afraid to do that, as I have promised not to lie to you
for anything... Now I'm dying, I afraid of nothing so I tell
you the truth, I don't like the salty coffee, what a strange
bad taste... But I have had the salty coffee for my whole
life! Since I knew you, I never feel sorry for anything I do
for you. Having you with me is my biggest happiness for my
whole life. If I can live for the second time, still want to
know you and have you for my whole life, even though I have
to drink the salty coffee again."
Her tears made the letter totally wet. Someday, someone
asked her, "What's the taste of salty coffee?" She replied,
"It's sweet."
Pass this to everyone because love is not to forget but to
forgive, not to see but understand, not to hear but to
listen, not to let go but HOLD ON!!!! |
|
