Saturday, April 18, 2009

Life Is About Correcting Mistakes...


Mangala married Hitesh this day. At the end of the wedding party, Mangala's
mother gave her a newly opened bank saving passbook. With Rs.1000 deposit
amount...

Mother: 'Mangala, 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.'
Mangala 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:
- 7 Feb: Rs.100, first birthday celebration for Hitesh after marriage
- 1 Mar: Rs.300, salary raise for Mangala
- 20 Mar: Rs.200, vacation trip to Bali
- 15 Apr: Rs.2000, Mangala got pregnant
- 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...Kind of typical nowadays, huh?

One day Mangala 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.'

Mangala 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
Mangala. 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.

I don't know how much they saved. I believe the money did not matter any
more after they had gone thru all the good years in their life.

"When you fall, in any way, Don't see the place where you fell,
Instead see the place from where you slipped.

Life is about correcting mistakes."















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