Every evening Mr.Ade sat at the same chair
Same chair
Same coffee cup
Same magazine folded beside him
But there was always one empty space beside him
One day his nephew asked him
Uncle who does this chair belong to
Mr Ade smiled and replied
It belonged to the best person I ever knew
So his nephew asked where is the person now
Mr Ade looked drops his head for a moment and said
Gone
The boy was looking for an explanation but he didn't
Instead he picked up his coffee cup and started sipping it
The next evening the boy returned
This time he brought his own chair
He placed it beside Mr Ade
You can use mine he said
Mr Ade laughed
From that evening the two began sitting together
They talked football school and the society even things that doesn't matter
Months passed
Then the boy noticed that empty chair was gone
He asked Uncle where did u put it
And Mr Ade said I don't need it anymore
Sometimes people don't need someone to fix their problems
They need someone to sit beside them
Never underestimate the power of being there for someone
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