He met her on a party. She was so outstanding, many guys chasing
after
her, while he 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 beingpolite,she promised.
They sat in a nice coffee shop, he was too nervous to say anything,
she felt uncomfortable, she thought, 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 was living near
the sea,
I like 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,
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 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, Im
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? It's sweet. She replied.
Love is not 2 forget but 2 forgive,
not 2 see but 2 understand,
not 2 hear but 2 listen,
not 2 let go but 2 HOLD ON !!!!
Don't ever leave the one you love for the one you like, because the
one you
like will leave you for the one they love.
Find a guy, who calls you beautiful instead of hot.
Who calls you back when you hangup on him.
Who will stay awake just to watch you sleep.
Wait for the guy who kisses your forehead.
Who wants to show you off to the world when you are in your sweats.
Who holds your hand in front of his friends.
Wait for the one who is constantly reminding you of how much he
cares about you and how lucky he is to have you.
Wait for the one who turns to his friends and
says,"..that's her."
regards,
so sweet and true..,