A girl in love asked her boyfriend..
Girl (g): Tell me... who do you love most in this
world?
Boy (b): You, of course!
(g): In your heart, what am I to you?
(b): The boy thought for a moment and looked
intently in her eyes and said, "You are my rib."
In the Bible, it was said that God saw that Adam
was lonely, during his sleep; God took one of
Adam's rib and created Eve.
Every man has been searching for his missing rib,
only when you find the woman of your life; you'll no
longer feel the lingering ache in your heart.
After their wedding, the couple had a sweet and
happy life for a long while.
However, the youthful couple, due to busy
schedule of modern life, the never-ending worries of
daily problems, began to drift apart and their life
became mundane..
All the challenges posed by the harsh realities of
life began to gnaw away their dreams and love for
each other..
The couple began to have more quarrels and each
quarrel became more heated..
One day, after the quarrel, the girl ran out of the
house..
At the opposite side of the road, she shouted, "You
don't love me!"
The boy hated her childishness and out of impulse,
retorted,
"Maybe, it was a mistake for us to be together!
You were never my missing rib!"
Suddenly, she turned quiet and stood there for a
long while..
He regretted what he said but words spoken are
like thrown away water, you can never take it
back..
With tears, she went home to pack her things and
was determined in breaking-up.
Before she left the house, "If I'm really not your
missing rib, please let me go...? she continued, "It
is less painful this way... let us go on our separate
ways and search for our own partners..."
Five years have since gone by..
He had never remarried but he had tried to find out
about her life indirectly..
She had left the country and back..
She had married a foreigner and divorced..
He felt anguished that she never waited for him..
In one dark and lonely night, he lit his cigarette and
felt the lingering ache in his heart..
He couldn't bring himself to admit that he was
missing her..
One day, they finally met...
At the airport, a place where there were many
reunions and good-byes..
He was going away on a business trip.
She was standing there alone, with just the
security door separating them..
She smiled at him gently..
(b): How are you?
(g): I'm fine. How about you... Have you found your
missing rib?
(b): No.
(g): I'll be flying to New York in the next flight.
(b): I'll be back in 2 weeks time. Give me a call
when you are back... You know my number...
Nothing has changed.
With a smile, she turned around and waved good-
bye..
Good-bye..
Is it forever not meeting each other again?
One week later, he heard of her death..
She had perished in New York..
In the event that shocked the world..
Midnight..
Once again, he lit his cigarette..
And like before, he felt the lingering ache in his
heart..
He finally knew, she was his missing rib that he
had carelessly broken..
Sometimes, people say things out of moments of
fury...
Most often than not, the outcome(s) could be
disastrous and detrimental..
We vent our frustrations 99% at our loved ones..
And even though we know that we ought to "think
twice act wise", it's often easier said than done.
Things happen day by day, which are beyond our
control..
Especially at this moment of the century when the
most undesirable event is happening at the other
end of the world..
Let us treasure every moment of our lives and
everyone in our lives..
