COFFEE WITH
SALT
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 being polite, 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
saltycoffee
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, eventhough 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.
Love is not to forget but to forgive, not to
see but to understand, not to hear
but to listen, not to let go but to HOLD
ON.
