Time is Eternity

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 re-kindling 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 re-kindle 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. Since then, three years had 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 join 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 that he once
requested to pose as his steady. He wanted so much to ignore her... not
that he was impolite but he just did'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 girl-friend 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
awaken 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 12:00 midnight. He
confessed his love for him 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 shortlived. 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 played
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.

The morale of this story is:
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
"A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks
out"