Love Can Move Mountains

He is a hardcore drug addict, ex-convict, gang leader. A life cruising the highway of pain and heartache, not only to himself but also the people who care about him.

江山易改，本性难移。A leopard cannot change its spots. Prison, caning, Drug Rehabilitation Centers had no effect on him.

She was a childless divorcee, introduced to him through a mutual friend. She wasnt impressed with him at first, seeing his tattoos. But she gave him a chance. But came to a breaking point when she witnessed first-hand his gang-fight.

"I screamed at him. I told him that I was not going to be part of his life if he wasnt going to change."

And he changed.

She remembered his oath on their wedding day.
"He told me to forget about his past if this relationship was going to work. He wanted to start over."
"I saw how sincere he was about changing."

But before he could carry on with his new life, he was diagnosed with terminal stage cancer.

Today, I read this article, touched at this poignant story of a repented man and how love changed him.

Everyone makes mistakes. "To err is human", so goes this saying stating the fallen nature of mankind.
But sometimes what gets us to pick up the pieces of our life is when someone get tough with us, and yet loves and accepts us.

Love finally won in the end.