A man married a beautiful girl, and he loved her very much. One day, she developed a skin disease, and slowly, subtly, she began to lose her beauty. It so happened that one day her husband left for a tour. While returning, he met with a terrible accident and tragically lost his eyesight. However, their married life continued as usual, undisturbed by his new condition. But as days passed, she continued to lose her beauty gradually, her skin changing. Yet, her blind husband did not know this, and there was not any difference in their married life. He continued to love her deeply, and she also loved him very much, their bond unwavering.
One day, sadly, she died. Her death brought him immense sorrow, a grief that settled deep in his bones. He finished all her last rites, honoring her memory, and then, prepared to leave that town, to move on from the place of their shared life. A man from behind called out to him, his voice filled with concern, and said, “Now how will you be able to walk all alone? All these days your wife used to help you, guiding your steps.”
He paused, then replied, “I am not blind. I was acting because if she knew I could see her skin condition due to a disease, it would have pained her more than her physical disease itself. I didn’t love her for her beauty alone, but I fell in love with her caring and loving nature, with the beautiful soul she possessed.”
“So I pretended to be blind. I only wanted to keep her happy,” he confessed, his voice tender with remembrance.
Moral: When you truly love someone, you will go to any extent to keep your loved one happy and cherished. Sometimes, it is good for us to act blind and ignore one another’s shortcomings in order to be happy and to preserve the sanctity of love. Beauty will inevitably fade with time, but the heart and soul will always remain the same, timeless and true. Love the person for what he or she is from inside, not merely for their outside appearance.
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