Saying I love you

Here is a funny little story that circulates the Internet.

A wife had a dream. The dream was so special and so was the day: Valentine’s Day. The wife then told her husband, “I just dreamed that you gave me a pearl necklace for Valentine’s Day, what do you think it means?”

“You’ll know tonight.” The husband said.

That evening, the husband came home with a small package and gave it to his wife. Delighted, she opened it -to find a book entitled “The Meaning of Dreams.”

Valentine’s Day: a day when restaurants are full, traffic jams rule, roses sell at astronomical prices and chocolates and cakes run out of stock in stores.

Now, allow me to share an inspiring story I have read in this amazing book entitled, “Bits and Pieces” by the Economic Press.

It tells the story of an old man who got on a bus on February 14. He carried with him a dozen roses. And beside him, sat a young man.

The young man commented about the beautiful dozen roses, and the old man said it was for his wife.

The man asked the young man if he’s currently with someone, the man answered yes, and instead of roses, his girlfriend would get a card for Valentine’s Day.

And after a few minutes of silence, he told the young man, “I think my wife would want you to have these.  I’ll tell her that I gave them to you.”

He gave the surprised and grateful young man his roses and left immediately. 

The young man was then amazed to see the old man enter a cemetery.

It is important for couples to celebrate love not just on Valentine’s Day or wedding anniversaries, but even on regular days when there is no occasion at all.

As corny as it sounds and even when our kids are all grown up, the Ilocana and I still say the three most important words couples need to say to each other on a regular basis.

And guess what these three words are? No, these are not “I need money…” but those old three words, “I love you.”

I need to say it and I love to hear it.

The last story that I want to share with you will explain the reason why. I have read the story in this book entitled “The Art of Possibility” by Ben Zanders.

Now, this story is about a Houston-based artist named Alice Kahana. She remembers her journey to Auschwitz as a 15-year-old girl.

She became separated from her parents and then became responsible for her 8-year-old brother who lost a shoe.

Because of this, she shouted at him like any other older sister would, “why are you so stupid?” and “can’t you keep track of your things?” But then, these words actually became her last words to him as they became separated and put into different cars. They never saw each other ever again.

The lesson here is don’t be careless with words. Now, why is it so important to say, “I love you?”

Because we will never know the last time we hear or say it.

These words are precious so say it and send it.

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