Savings Pass Book......

Saving Passbook
Riya married Santosh this day ( 1st Jan XXXX ) . At the end of the wedding party, Riya’s mother gave her a newly opened bank saving passbook. With Rs.1000 deposit amount.
Mother: ‘Riya , take this passbook. Keep it as a record of your marriage (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 line.
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 Santosh. When you look back after years, you can know how much happiness you’ve had.’
Riya shared this with Santosh when getting home. They both thought it was a great idea and were anxious to know when the second deposit can be made.
This was what they did after certain time:
- 7 Feb: Rs.100, first birthday celebration for Santosh after marriage
- 1 Mar: Rs.300, salary raise for Riya
- 20 Mar: Rs.200, vacation trip to Bali
- 15 Apr: Rs.2000, Riya got pregnant
- 1 Jun: Rs.1000, Santosh got promoted
…… and so on…
However, after some years, like most couples they also started fighting and arguing for trivial things. They didn’t talk much. They regretted that they had got married at all.……..no more love….…Kind of typical nowadays, huh?
One day Riya talked to her Mother: ‘Mom, we can’t stand it anymore. We agree to divorce. I can’t imagine how I decided to marry this guy!!!’
Mother: ‘Sure, dear, that’s no big deal. Just do whatever you want if you really can’t stand it. But before that, do one thing first. Remember the saving 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.’
Riya thought it was true. So she went to the bank , planning to use up and 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 joys and happiness came flooding to her mind. Her eyes were then filled with tears. She left and went home. On reaching home, she handed the passbook to Santosh in the evening after he came from Office, asked him to spend the money before getting divorce.
The next day, Santosh gave the passbook back to Riya. She found a new deposit of Rs.5000. And a line next to the record: ‘This is the day I notice how much I’ve loved you thru out all these years. How much happiness you’ve brought me.’ They hugged and cried, putting the passbook back to the safe.
Do you know how much money they had saved when they retired? I did not ask.I believe the money did not matter any more after they had gone thru all the good years in their life.
“When you fall, in any way, Don’t see the place where you fell, Instead see the place from where you slipped……….. Life is about correcting mistakes.”