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Friday, May 05, 2006

Chicken soup for my soul

Hello my beloved frens,

I would just like to share with u guys sth tt really touched me today. just now, while my parents & i were walking back to e carpark after dinner, i came across a malay lady with an amputated leg who looked to be abt 60 yrs old. she was being wheeled in a wheelchair by her equally elderly husband. the thing is, her husband himself could barely walk. his posture was extremely stooped & he had a really lopsided gait. yet he continued to push his wife along, leaning forward to engage in conversation w her. so there was e pair of them moving along at a snail's pace, & tt sight alone truly touched me to e core. a short while later, while my parents were buying sth at 7eleven, this same couple stopped by. e husband asked his wife what she wanted & she pointed to a bottle of 100plus in e freezer outside, whereupon e husband then took it out w great difficulty. his wife handed him a cane which she was holding for him & he walked slowly & painfully to e cashier to pay for that bottle of 100plus. he literally had to support himself on the shelves of goods to hobble along e aisle, carrying that precious bottle of 100plus meant for his beloved wife. i was totally mesmerised by this amazing display of love. i turned to face e woman & she gave me a beautiful smile. probably she noticed how affected i was, or maybe i had been staring at them so obviously. i smiled back so hard my cheeks hurt. then, i walked away & started crying. yes crying openly. i cried cos i was so touched. i cried cos i got to witness love in its purest form. i think if a person can find someone who loves her so unconditionally, even half as much, as this man, one who can look past any deformity, flaw, imperfection, watever, then that person must be truly blessed. i cant believe i am crying even now as i write this. i dunno why this incident has affected me so much. anyway, i just wanted to share this w u guys & i hope tt u guys too will be able to find such fulfillment & contentment, no matter wat hardship or diffuclties life throws at us.
love, adila

p.s. hope i'm not being too melodramatic or anything!

Posted by Adila :: 10:02 PM :: 0 comments

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