Once upon a time, there was once a guy who was very much in love with a girl. This romantic guy folded 1000 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 does not 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… heartbroken, 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. Finally with all these hard work
and with the help of friends, this guy had set up his own company…
“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 did not 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 was not 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 cemetery ,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.
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Take
this moment to show “love” to all that are close to us. ♥
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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.
The
End.”
A tragic
story that perhaps happens only in the movies. At the end of the day, 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 moment to show “love” to all that are close to us. ♥
