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There is a saying that things in our hands have the least worth. Most of us only learn their true value after losing them. Let this story remind us not to make that mistake again.

 
  Time is Eternity
by Anon
 
       
 

There was this person who believed very much in true love and decided to take his time waiting for the right girl. He believed that there was someone special for him out there, but none came. Every year at Christmas, his ex-girlfriend would return from Vancouver to look him up. He was aware that she still held some hope of rekindling the past romance with him. He did not wish to mislead her in any way. So he always got one of his girlfriends to pose as his steady whenever she came back. That went on for several years and each year the guy would get a different girl to pose as his romantic interest.

So whenever she came to visit, she would be led into believing that it was all over between them. The girl took all those rather well... often casually teasing him with his different girlfriends, or so it seemed. In fact, the girl often wept in secret whenever she saw him with another girl but she was too proud to admit it.

Still, every Christmas, she returned, hoping to rekindle some form of romance. But each time, she returned to Vancouver disappointed. Finally she decided that she could not play that game any longer, she confronted him and professed that after all those years he was the still the only man that she had ever loved.

 
 

Although the guy knew of her feelings for him, he was still taken back and never expected her to react that way. He always thought that she would slowly forget about him over time and come to terms that it was all over between them. Although he was touched by her undying love for him and wanted so much to accept her, he remembered why he rejected her in the first place... she was not the one he wanted.

So he hardened his heart and turned her down.

 
 

Three years passed and the girl never returned anymore. They never even wrote to each other. The guy went on with his life..... still searching for the one but somehow deep inside him he missed the girl.

On the Christmas of 1995, he went to his friend’s party alone. "Hey, how come all alone? Where are all your girlfriends? What happened to that Vancouver babe that joined you every Christmas?"

He felt warm and comforted by his friend’s queries, so he decided to surge on. He came upon one of his girlfriends whom he had once requested to pose as his steady. He wanted so much to ignore her... not that he was impolite but he just didn’t feel comfortable with his girlfriends anymore. It was almost like he was being judged by them.

 
 

The girl saw him and shouted across the floor for him. Unable to avoid her, he went up to acknowledge her.

"How are you? Enjoying the party?"

"Sure... yeah" She was slightly tipsy, must be from the whiskey on her hand. She continued, "Why? Don’t you need someone to pose as your girlfriend this year?"

"No, there is no need for that anymore..." Before he can continue, he was interrupted.

 
 

"Oh yes! Must have found a girlfriend... you haven’t been searching for one for the past years."

The man looked up, as if he had struck gold, his face beamed and looked directly at the girl.

"Yes... you are right. I haven’t been looking for anyone for the past years."With that, the man darted across the floor and out the door, leaving the lady in much bewilderment. He finally realized that he had already found his dream girl and it was the Vancouver girl all along. The drunken lady said something that awakened him...

All along he had found his girl. That was why he did not bother to look further when he realized she was not coming back. It was not any specific girl he was seeking. It was perfection he wanted and perfection in any relationship is something both parties should work on. Realizing that he had let away someone so important in his life, he decided to call her immediately. His whole mind was flooded with fear, he was afraid that she might have found someone new or no longer had the same feelings anymore. For once, he felt the fear of losing someone.

As it was Christmas eve, it was quite hard to get through especially this was an overseas call. He tried again and again, never giving up. Finally, he got through... precisely at 12 midnight. He confessed his love for her and the girl was moved to tears. It seemed that she never got over him, even after so long she was still waiting for him, never giving up. He was so excited to meet her and to begin this new chapter of their lives.

He decided to fly to Vancouver to join her. It was the happiest time of their lives... but it was short-lived. Two days before he was supposed to fly to Vancouver, he received a call from her father. She had a head-on car collision with a drunken driver. She passed away after 6 hours in a coma.

The guy was devastated, he was in a complete loss. Why did Fate play such cruel games with him? He cursed the heavens for taking her away from him, denying even one last look at her. How he cursed! How he damned the gods! How he hated himself... for taking so long to realize his mistake.

That was in 1996.

 
 

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

 
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