The Passbook: Must Read And Share
She married him today.
At the end of the wedding party, her mother gave
her a newly opened bank savings passbook, with
$1000 deposited in it.
She told her, "My dear daughter, take this
passbook. Keep it as a record of your married life.
Whenever something happy and memorable
happens in your new life, put some money in.
Write down what it's about next to the amount.
The more memorabl
e the event is, the more money you can put in.
I've done the first one for you today. Do the others
with your husband. When you look back after
years, you will know how much happiness you've
both shared.'
She shared this with him after getting home. Both
of them thought it was a great idea and couldn't
wait to make the next deposit! This is what the
passbook looked like after a while:
- 7 Feb: $100, his first birthday celebration after
marriage
- 1 Mar: $300, she gets a salary raise
- 20 Mar: $200, vacation to Bali
- 15 Apr: $2000, She's pregnant!
- 1 Jun: $1000, He gets the big promotion
and so on...
However, as the years went by, they began
fighting and arguing over trivial things. They didn't
talk much. They regretted that they had married
the most nasty person in the world...There was no
more love.
One day she talked to her Mother. 'Mom, we can't
stand it anymore. We have decided to divorce. I
can't imagine how I decided to marry this guy!'
Her mother replied, 'Sure, that's no big deal. Just
do whatever you want, if you really can't stand it.
But before that, do one thing. Remember the
savings 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.'
She agreed with her. So she went to the bank, and
was waiting in the queue 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 joyful
moments came back to her. Her eyes were filled
with tears. She left and went home.
When she got home, she handed the passbook to
him and asked him to spend the money before
getting divorced.
So the next day, he went to the bank, and was
waiting in the queue to cancel the account. While
he was waiting, he took a look at the passbook
record. He looked, and looked, and looked. Then
the memory of all the previous joyful moments
came back to him. His eyes were filled with tears.
He left and went home.
He gave the passbook back to her. She found a
new deposit of $5000. And a line next to the
record: 'This is the day I realized how much I've
loved you throughout all these years. How much
happiness you've brought me.'
They hugged and cried, putting the passbook back
into the safe.
