The Salty Coffee

The Salty Coffee

He met her on a party, she was so outstanding, many guys chasing after
her, while he was so normal, nobody paid attention to him. At the end of
the party, he invited her to have coffee with him. She was surprised,
but as he was polite, she promised. They sat in a nice coffee shop, he
was too nervous to say anything, She felt uncomfortable, she thought,
"please, let me back home".

Suddenly he asked the waiter: would you please give me some salt? I'd
like to put it in my coffee. Everybody stared at him, so strange! His
face turned red, but still, he put the salt in his coffee and drank it.
She asked him curiously: why you have this hobby? He replied: when I was
a little boy, I was living near the sea, I liked playing in the sea, I
could feel the taste of the sea, salty and bite, just like the taste of
the salty coffee. Now every time I have the salty coffee, I always think
of my childhood, think of my hometown, I miss my hometown so much, I
miss my parents who are still living there. While saying that, tears
filled his eyes. She was deeply touched. That's his true feeling, from
the bottom of his heart .A man who can tell out his homesick, he must be
a man who loves home, cares about home, has responsibility of home.
Then she also started to speak, spoke about her faraway hometown, her
childhood, her family.

That was a really nice talk, also a beautiful beginning of their story.

They continued to date. She found actually he was a man who meets all
her demands: he had tolerance, was kind hearted, warm, careful...he was
such a good person but she almost missed him! Thanks to his salty
coffee! Then the story was just like every beautiful love story: the
princess married to the prince, then they were living the happy life...
And, every time she made coffee for him, she put some salt in the coffee
as she knew that's the way he liked it.

After 40 years, he passed away, left her a letter which said: "My
dearest, please forgive me, forgive my whole life lie. This was the only
lie I said to you----the salty coffee. Remember the first time we
dated? I was so nervous at that time, actually I wanted some sugar, but I
said salt. It was hard for me to change so I just went ahead. I never
thought that could be the start of our communication! I tried to tell
you the truth many times in my life, but I was too afraid to do that, as
I have promised not to lie to you for anything. Now I'm dying, I afraid
of nothing so I tell you the truth: I don't like the salty coffee, what
a strange bad taste. But I have the salty coffee for my whole life
since I knew you, I never feel sorry for anything I do for you. Having
you with me is my biggest happiness for my whole life. If I can live for
the second time, I still want to know you and have you for my whole
life, even though I have to drink the salty coffee again." Her tears
made the letter totally wet. Someday, someone asked her: what's the
taste of salty coffee? It's sweet. She replied.

SOMETIMES YOU FEEL YOU KNOW THE PERSON MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE... BUT
ONLY TO REALISE THAT YOUR OPINION ABOUT THE PERSON WERE NOT AS YOU
DESCRIBED. JUST LIKE THE INCIDENT OF THE SALTY COFFEE... LOVE MORE AND
HATE LESSER... CAUSE' SOMETIMES SALT TASTES BETTER THAN SUGAR...