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 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 back 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 liked playing in
the sea, I could feel the taste of the sea, salty and
bite, 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 homesick, 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 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, 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 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, I 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.
Sent by Mr.Kumar Maruti
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