girl in love asked her boyfriend..

Girl (g): Tell me... who do you love most in this
world?
Boy (b): You, of course!
(g): In your heart, what am I to you?
(b): The boy thought for a moment and looked intently
in her eyes and
said, "You are my rib. In the Bible, it was said that
God saw that Adam
was lonely, during his sleep; God took one of Adam's
rib and created
Eve. Every man has been searching for his missing
rib, only when you
find the woman of your life; you'll no longer feel the
lingering ache in
your heart."

After their wedding, the couple had a sweet and
happy
life for a while.
However, the youthful couple began to drift apart due
to the busy
schedule of life and the never-ending worries of daily
problems... their
life became mundane....

All the challenges posed by the harsh realities of
life began to gnaw
away their dreams and love for each other...The
couple
began to have
more quarrels and each quarrel became more
heated..

One day, after the quarrel, the girl ran out of the
house... At the
opposite side of the road, she shouted, "You don't
love me!"

The boy hated her childishness and out of impulse,
retorted, "Maybe, it
was a mistake for us to be together! You were never
my missing rib!"

Suddenly, she turned quiet and stood there for a long
while...He
regretted what he said but words spoken are like
thrown away water, you
can never take it back. With tears, she went home to
pack her things and
was determined in breaking-up.

Before she left the house, "If I'm really not your
missing rib, please
let me go...She continued, "It is less painful this
way... let us go on
our separate ways and search for our own
partners..."

Five years went by....

He never remarried but he had tried to find out about
her life
indirectly...She had left the country and back... She
had married a
foreigner and divorced...He felt anguished that she
never waited for
him.

In the dark and lonely night, he lit his cigarette and
felt the
lingering ache in his heart. He couldn't bring himself
to admit that he
was missing her..

One day, they finally met... At the airport, a place
where there were
many reunions and good-byes...He was going away
on a
business trip. She
was standing there alone, with just the security door
separating them.
She smiled at him gently.

(b): How are you?
(g): I'm fine. How about you..Have you found your
missing rib?
(b): No.
(g): I'll be flying to New York in the next flight.
(b): I'll be back in 2 weeks time. Give me a call when
you are back...
You know my number... Nothing has changed.

With a smile, she turned around and waved good-
bye..

Good-bye.....

One week later, he heard of her death. She had
perished in New York. In
the event that shocked the world..

Midnight... Once again, he lit his cigarette... And
like before, he felt
the lingering ache in his heart....He finally knew,
she was the missing
rib that he had carelessly broken...

*******
Sometimes, people say things out of moments of
fury...
Most often than
not, the outcome could be disastrous and
detrimental...We vent our
frustrations 99% at our loved ones...And even though
we know that we
ought to "think twice and act wisely", it's often
easier said than done.

Things happen each day, many of which are beyond
our
control.... Let us
treasure every moment and everyone in our lives....
Tomorrow may never
come; give and accept what you have today.

"Men stumble over pebbles, never over mountains."