21 April 2012
6 years ago I was in New York City on vacation with my family. I don't remember much from that trip asides Times Square and the huge chocolate store we visited.
But there was this one elderly couple I remember meeting on the streets. This was no ordinary couple you usually meet. Why? Because they were dancing in the middle of the street.
The streets of New York as you know is full of artists and musicians performing to spread their talent. Well, one night there was a band playing soft jazz music on the street we happened to walk by. People gathered around to enjoy the soft music when suddenly an old man pulled his wife into the middle of the circle and started slow-dancing with her. Passer-by smiled on including me. It was a beautiful moment. Where it makes you stop in your tracks and look twice. The elderly couple look so happy and you couldn't help but to envy their long years together filled with love and no doubt hardships along the way. I realized that true love never ends. Because it never goes anywhere. It lies hidden in the paperwork or chores you do everyday. And if you stop working so hard on your career all the time to appreciate the things and people you have in your life, you'd be much, much happier.
Like the elderly couple I met in New York 6 years ago...
The Couple Who Danced The Night Away. • Opuss № I