Salty Coffee:love story

He met her on a party. She was so outstanding, many guys chasing after her,
while he was normal, nobody paid attention to him. At the end of the party,
he invited her to have coffee with him, she was surprised, but due to being
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 go
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 do you put salt in your coffee?
He replied: "when I was a little boy, I was living near the sea,
I liked playing in the sea, I love the taste of the sea, bitter and salty 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 homesickness, 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 that actually he was a man who meets all
her demands; he had tolerance, was kind hearted, warm, careful.
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 e, 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 the lie I told you when we first met. The only time i ever lied to you-the salty coffee. Remember in the coffee shop? I was so
nervous at that time, actually I wanted some sugar, but said salt instead.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 had the salty coffee my entire life! Since I've known you I've never felt sorry for anything in our life. You are the best thing that has happened to me. The cause for happiness in my life. If I can
live for the second time, I would still want to know you and have you in my life even if I have to drink the salty coffee every day".
Her tears made the letter wet.
One day, someone asked her: what's the taste of salty coffee?
It's sweet. She replied.

Moral of the Story:
Love is not to forget but to forgive, not to see but to understand, not to hear
but to listen, not to let go but to HOLD ON.