WHISPERS

  I met an extraordinary man named Richard last week online, and this man is really old, he's like any ordinary man who bathe, dress like every other person, Richard had a wonderful marriage, his wife was beautiful, tender-hearted, loving, kind devoted. To be honest, she was too beautiful for him, and those who met them could not believe Richard had such a prize, but she saw in Richard the things that matter, she saw his self effacement, nobility, constancy and character, and those are the items that made her say yes to this clumsy man.


Richard was a scientist and his line of work requires constancy, as scientist you should know what I mean by now. Everything was going on well for Richard and his wife and kids until one day when Richard's wife was diagnosed with cancer, Richard didn't just sit home and worry over his wife's condition, he went into the lab and began to look for a cure for breast cancer and he began experimenting on mice. He radically aged mice and programmed them to die within 21 days and one day, he injected a group of these mice with stem cells four days before the end of their life span,  after injecting them with things to prolong their life span and these mice miraculously lived 72 days.


He was so happy because he had a gate-way to prolong his wife's life and he also knew it would take years before government would approve an experiment on humans! But he couldn't wait and you know its not uncommon for scientist to try something on themselves. Richard injected himself with this substance, do you know what happened? The young cells in his body overthrew the older cells, and he started feeling discomfort but he couldn't tell anyone not even his wife. And so Richard kept this secret to himself. And as days goes by, Richard refuse to age but unfortunately his wife died, he waxed stronger and his memory was so sharp but he didn't age, and soon he outlived all his children and his grandchildren and he became a sage and a man who knows it all.


When we discussed some marriage tips, he told me this;
« What we are in the habit of doing, we often carry into marriage
« Unchecked,bad habits are potential destroyers of matrimony
« Make your spouse trust you and keep that trust.
« Have a bond so strong that death will even struggle to break it
« Couples should understand and communicate with one another and the both of you should WANT the relationship
« Be best of friends and accept each other's inadequacies and imperfections
« You both should have friendship,commitment,love,fidelity,acceptance,understanding,appreciation and celebration
      I wonder about a lot of things and I hope you wonder too: "WHAT WILL MY PARTNER REMEMBER IF I LEAVE OR IF SOMETHING DRIVES US APART"