Pooja married Rahul
this day. At the end of the wedding party,
Pooja’s mother
gave her a newly opened bank saving passbook.
With Rs.1000
deposit amount.
Mother: Pooja,
take this passbook. Keep it as a record of your marriage life.
When there’s
something happy and memorable happened in your new life, put some money in.
Write down what
it’s about next to the line.
The more
memorable the event is, the more money you can put in.
I’ve done the
first one for you today.
Do the others
with Rahul.
When you look
back after years, you can know how much happiness you’ve had.
Pooja shared this
with Rahul when getting home.
They both thought
it was a great idea and were anxious to know when the second deposit can be
made.
This was what
they did after certain time:
- 7 Feb: Rs.100,
first birthday celebration for Rahul after marriage
- 1 Mar: Rs.300,
salary raise for Pooja
- 20 Mar: Rs.200,
vacation trip to Bali
- 15 Apr:
Rs.2000, Pooja got pregnant
- 1 Jun: Rs.1000,
Rahul got promoted
…. and so on…
However, after
years, they started fighting and arguing for trivial things.
They didn’t talk
much.
They regretted
that they had married the most nasty people in the world…. no more love…
Kind of typical
nowadays, huh?
One day Pooja
talked to her Mother:
‘Mom, we can’t
stand it anymore. We agree to divorce.
I can’t imagine
how I decided to marry this guy!!!’
Mother: ‘Sure,
girl, that’s no big deal.
Just do whatever
you want if you really can’t stand it.
But before that,
do one thing first.
Remember the
saving passbook I gave you on your wedding day?
Take out all
money and spend it first.
You shouldn’t
keep any record of such a poor marriage.’
Pooja thought it
was true.
So she went to
the bank, waiting at the queue and planning to cancel the account.
While she was
waiting, she took a look at the passbook record.
She looked, and
looked, and looked.
Then the memory
of all the previous joy and happiness just came up her mind.
Her eyes were
then filled with tears.
She left and went
home.
When she was
home, she handed the passbook to Rahul, asked him to spend the money before
getting divorce.
The next day, Rahul
gave the passbook back to Pooja.
She found a new
deposit of Rs.5000. And a line next to the record:
‘This is the day
I notice how much I’ve loved you thru out all these years.
How much
happiness you’ve brought me.’
They hugged and
cried, putting the passbook back to the safe.
Do you know how
much money they had saved when they retired?
I did not ask.
I believe the
money did not matter anymore after they had gone thru all the good years in
their life.
P.S.: Life is
about the moments you create, that u can keep it with you FOREVER. After
everything is over, THAT is what we have or what we are left with.
So, let’s NOT
mess up. Let’s Create and cherish
