There is a true story of a young lady from New York who was deeply in love with her fiance. Unfortunately, he died in 1999. For the next two years, she was hesitant to be committed to another relationship, for fear of facing a similar loss. Though she met a number of gentlemen that she liked, she always held back.
She happened to work in the World Trade Centre and one of the gentlemen that she liked owned a firm that occupied the 101st floor of the WTC. He had proposed to her just before she left for a seminar in Hawaii. She declined, mindful of the tragic loss she had experienced earlier.
At the seminar, she reflected on her decision and changed her mind. She rang him but because of the time difference with New York, he was asleep and so she left him a voicemail message saying that she loved him and that she would accept his marriage proposal.
At 8.58 am on September 11, 2001, the gentleman rang her back. He told her that he had received her message and that he loved her dearly. He also said that he was in the office and that the building was on fire. There was no way he would survive, or for them to see each other again. But he felt good that he had helped her learn a valuable lesson ~ that one should live life to the fullest, to not hold back and to take every opportunity to live the moment.
Another 90-minute video of an interesting story concerning a Norwegian lady and her father will be shown at Ivory 11, Level 4, Holiday Villa, Subang at 1.30 pm on Saturday, March 26. You are welcome to attend the session and participate in the discussion following it.
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