Saturday, April 22, 2006

Salty Coffee......


do you like salty coffee?[Yes/No]

whatever is your answer, do read the story:


He met her on 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 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 thewaiter: "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 thishobby?
He replied: "when I was a little boy, I was living 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 somuch, 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 outhis homesickness, he must be a man who loves home, cares about home, hasresponsibility 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 hadtolerance, 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 tothe prince, then they were living the happy life...
And, every time she made coffee for him, she put some salt in the coffee, as sheknew 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 Iwanted some sugar, but I said salt It was hard for me to change so I just wentahead. 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 dothat, as I have promised not to lie to you for anything.. Now I'm dying, Iafraid 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 withme 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 thetaste of salty coffee?
It's sweet. She replied.
"Love means the body, the soul, the life, the entire being. We feel love as wefeel the warmth of our blood, we breathe love as we breathe air, we hold it inourselves as we hold our thoughts. Nothing more exists for us."

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Its the best love story i ever heard or read..too good