Tuesday, October 03, 2006 @10:12 PM
It's funny how we can get so caught up in the world and it's ever ongoing buzz that we forget what's really important in life. We get so confused that we start mixing everything up. It's always the same issue. Material stuff.. that's just the shell.
Sure we need the necessities like food, but food for the soul is so much more essential than that for the body.
I saw this couple at a hospital once. The husband was real fussy when it came to food, something like a nutritionist, just without the official status. He brought food for his wife, who was hospitalised and warded. However, his wife had no appetite at all and refused politely.
The guy became angry. He sat on the chair next to her in silent anger, face painted black from top down. I could see him seething from a distance, steam churning out from his head already.
The pale and frail-looking woman, in all of her skeleton-like frame, casually brought up subjects about the family, only to see her husband still boiling in the quiet. He did not speak a word in reply, but remained in his firm posture like an angry statue.
She bowed her head in confusion of distress and disappointment. With a slight sigh, she looked up at her husband once more, and with puffy red and watery eyes, said, "I miss all of you."