Martha was frustrated and angry when the doctor told her that she will not be able to see the beautiful world again. The car wreck hasn’t only wrecked her car but also wrecked her life. She is now sightless and of course, helpless. Before becoming blind she was working in an office and was efficient. She slipped into depression and stopped living.
On one such frustrating day she was sitting in a bench in the park near her house when a man came to her and started talking. Initially she panicked but eventually she befriended with the man. After that day everyday the man used to come and sit beside her and talk. Martha suddenly realized that she now looks forward for her evening walks to the park. Suddenly she isn’t all bitter towards her life. She opened her heart to the man she can’t see. Finally, one day she finds herself saying to the man that she likes him. When she finished, however, she found the man being quite. She felt herself panicking. Of course which man will like a blind girl? Nonetheless she urged the man to say something .The man took her hand into her and quietly said-‘I want you to know that you are the most beautiful woman I have ever met. But if you know the truth about me you’ll hate me. I am the cause of your blindness. I was drunk driving the day I hit you. But I also want you to know that I loved you since the day I met you. I want to be with you and protect you and love you I want to compensate for my mistake by giving you all the happiness of life.’
Martha was outrageous at this confession. She was amazed at the bluntness of that man. It is because of him she is now blind. How could she allow tender feelings for him? She took her hand from his and started shouting at him; tears leaking from her blind eyes. She blamed him; called him names. The man said nothing. When she was about to go he said-‘Martha, I’ll wait for you tomorrow here at the same time.’
That night Martha couldn’t sleep. She was too angry to think. However, at the small hours of the night she dreamt about that man. She felt his warm hands upon hers. That day she returned to the park to find him waiting for her. She started to walk towards him-her heart content and full of love. She has now realized that the greatest treasure of life is love and she can get it only by forgiving the man.
Martha was outrageous at this confession. She was amazed at the bluntness of that man. It is because of him she is now blind. How could she allow tender feelings for him? She took her hand from his and started shouting at him; tears leaking from her blind eyes. She blamed him; called him names. The man said nothing. When she was about to go he said-‘Martha, I’ll wait for you tomorrow here at the same time.’
That night Martha couldn’t sleep. She was too angry to think. However, at the small hours of the night she dreamt about that man. She felt his warm hands upon hers. That day she returned to the park to find him waiting for her. She started to walk towards him-her heart content and full of love. She has now realized that the greatest treasure of life is love and she can get it only by forgiving the man.
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