It was a busy morning，about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80s came to the hospital. I heard him saying to the11that he was in a hurry for an appointment(约会) at 9:30.
The nurse had him take a12in the waiting area, telling him it would be at least 40 minutes before someone would be able to see him. I saw him looking at his13and decided, since I was not busy—my patient didn’t14at the appointed hour, I would examine his wound. While taking care of his wound, I asked him if he had another doctor’s appointment. He said no and told me that he15to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his16, who had been there for a while for a special disease. I asked if she would be17if he was a bit late. He replied that she no longer knew who he was, that she had not been able to18him for five years. I was19, and asked him，“And you still go every morning, even though she doesn’t know who you are?”
He smiled and said. “She doesn’t know me but I know who she is.” I had to hold back20as he left.
Now I21that in marriages，true love is22of all that is. The happiest people don’t23have the best of everything; they just24the best of everything they have.25isn’t about how to live through the storm, but how to dance in the rain.
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