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Bank of happiness
« on: 11 February 2009, 09:57:13 AM »
Bank of happiness
by : Nithya Shanti

To members of "The Happiest Day of Your Life"

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 memorable 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.

~~~~~~~~~~~~

I like this story so much that from now on I will give a print out of this
story to every couple who is getting married along with a nice notebook to
record their happy times.

My dear friend Tanu sent me this moving story.

Banking on brightness,

Nithya Shanti
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