Life Is About Correcting Mistakes

This is a forwarded email from my classmate (Carol), thanks Ca!

I found this touching so am posting it here.

This is for all the couples out there (like me).

May God bless our marriages with more love.

Diane married Jojo this day. At the end of the wedding party, Diane's mother gave her a newly opened bank saving passbook. With 1,000 pesos deposit amount.                                     

                                                                    
Mother: 'Diane, take this passbook. Keep it as a record of
your marriage life...When there's something happy and memorable happened 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 Jojo. When you look back after years, you can know how much happiness you've had.'                                       


Diane shared this with Jojo 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: Php 100,
first birthday celebration for Diane after marriage 
                                                                          

  - 1 Mar: Php300, 

salary raise for Jojo                               

                                          
  - 20 Mar: Php 200,
vacation trip to Disney Land Hongkong               


  - 15 Apr:Php 2000, 

Diane got pregnant                                 


- 1 Jun:Php 1000,
Jojo got promoted                                   

..... and so
on...                                                    

                                                                          

However, after years, they started fighting and arguing for trivial things. They didn't talk much.                                         

They regretted that they had married the most nasty people in the world.... no more love...                                             

Kind of typical nowadays,
huh?                                        
                                                                     

One day Diane 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, girl, 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.'
                                                            
  
Diane thought it was true. So she went to the bank, waiting at the queue and planning to 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 joy and happiness just came

up her mind. Her eyes were then filled with tears. 

She left and went home.                                        
                                                                    
When she was home, she handed the passbook to Jojo, asked him to spend the money before getting divorce.                       
                                                                        
The next day, Jojo gave the passbook back to diane. She found a new deposit of Php 5000.. And a line next to the record:

'This is the day I noticed 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."                                                                  
  
"I asked God, How do I get the best out of life."                    

  
God said, "Face your past without regrets. Handle your
present with confidence. And prepare the future without
fear.."