Olina Qian

It was the third time I listened to My Dale Carnegie Instructor Jewel Mccarry told this story. When the first time I listened to it, I felt it is little weird. The 2nd time I listend to it, I felt nothing. The 3rd time I heard it, I was deeply touched by the story. It made me thought a lot. I think it will be good to share this story with you in this beautiful holiday season. Wish you enjoy it as I did.

That’s a beautiful summer day, Jewel and his beloved wife Helen went to Yosimate Park, they stopped at the bridal veil falls, see the beautiful waterfall comes down to the pond, they are very excited.

‘It is very beautiful, isn’t it?’ A very old lady seated on the wheelchair next to them asked Helen. Helen said yes, while she looked at this old lady. She dressed up in a very good quality clothes, her make up is very good, although you can tell she is very very old.

‘My husband and I came here for our honeymoon.’ , the old lady told Helen. ‘At that time, there are no people here at all. It is very quiet here. Look at the pond there? We used to swimmed together there…….without our clothes.’

Jewel and Helen looked at each other, didn’t know how to respond at first, then they laughed together.

Then Jewel told us: You know, for such a old lady, she used to be beautiful. she was wealthy and healthy before. She has a husband she loved the most. But now she is at the end of her life, not much time left for her, her loved one has left this world already. She traveled to the place they visited together in their honeymoon, to trace back the happy life they spent together. Yet, she still has some wild story she can think of, she can share with a nice couple like us, something she can be proud of…..

So my suggestion today is, go out enjoy your life, go swim with your clothes ‘ON’, but do something you normally won’t do before, go test out your boundry, leave some good memories for yourself. Maybe one day, when you get old, you don’t have much hair and teeth left, when you loved one left you, when you look back to your history, hope there are still lots of interesting stories you can share with your grandson, even some strangers on the road.

Life is beautiful! Go enjoy it as the maxium as you can!