anything for you, my dear

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, 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, 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 2 everyone coz love is not 2 forget
but 2 forgive, not 2 see but understand, not 2
hear
but 2 listen, not 2 let go but HOLD ON !!!!

Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss
and ends with a tear.



True love hears what is not spoken &
understands what is not explained, for love
doesn't work in the mouth, nor the mind, but
in the heart...