Piya
married Hitesh this day. At the end of the wedding party, Piya's
mother gave her a newly opened bank saving passbook With Rs.1000
deposit amount.
Mother:
Piya, 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 Hitesh. When you look
back after years, you can know how much happiness you've had.'
Piya
shared this with Hitesh 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:
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7 Feb: Rs.100, first birthday celebration for Hitesh after marriage
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1 Mar: Rs.300, salary raise for Piya
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20 Mar: Rs.200, vacation trip to Bali
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15 Apr: Rs.2000, Piya got pregnant
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1 Jun: Rs.1000, Hitesh 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... One day Piya 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.'
Piya
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 Hitesh, asked him to
spend the money before getting divorce.
The
next day, Hitesh gave the passbook back to Piya.
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. "Life
is about correcting mistakes."
Jaishree Ram,
Prats