There was a scholar who was to marry his fiancee, but on
the day of marriage, his fiancee changed her mind and
married someone else. The scholar was devastated and fell
ill. His family seek all kinds of medical treatment for
him, but still he showed no sign of recovery. They were
about to give up hope on him when a wandering monk
passed by.
After learning about the scholar's condition, the monk
walked to the scholar's bed and took out a mirror for the
dying man to see. In the mirror,the scholar saw a vast
ocean,and the naked body of a murdered wooman lay on the
beach. A man passed by, looked at the body, shook his
head and left.
Another man who passed by saw the body, took off his robes
to cover the body and left. Finally came a man passing by
who saw the body, dug a hole and laid the body carefully
to rest before burying it. The scene in the mirror
suddenly changed. The scholar saw his fiancee in a
nuptial chamber and another man was lifting her wedding
veil...
The scholar blinked at the monk, confused. Slowly the
monk explained,"The woman whose body you saw on the beach
was your fiancee in her previous life. In your previous
life, you were the second man who gave her his robes to
cover her body.
To repay your kindness in this lifetime,she loved you for
a period of time and became your fiancee. However,
the man whose favor she has to return for the rest of her
life is the third man who buried her. And that man is now
her husband." Enlightened, the scholar sat up and recovered
from his depression.
It is truly amazing -- this thing called"Fate".There was
a movie in which the theme song went like this: "You can
say it is a big world, you can say it is a small world.
But for the promise of this lifetime, we shall spend
our entire lives to fulfil."
All of us are in this big grand masquerade, among the
throng of people, we seek expectantly... in that
electrifying moment when our fingers touch,the masks
are removed to reveal our true selves. Before this moment,
we were drifting aimlessly,not knowing what we really
wanted. Till you meet this particular person, you finally
realize what you really want is not what you have
wished for in the first place.
It amazes you that standing in front of this person
is a different you!
You without any mask! Fate is not something meant to
be forced upon. What is yours will eventually come
to your arms; what is not yours will never come to be.
In any case, we should not lose heart and give up on
our hopes for a love that is true, good and beautiful.
The value of life, in a certain sense,is determined
by the maturity of how we love.
Of how we give and accept love.
Treasure what you have...
Time is too slow for those who wait;
Too swift for those who fear;
Too long for those who grief;
Too short for those who rejoice;
But for those who love...Time is Eternity!
