Accepting reality is never easy. Many people can say but do not understand the true meaning of it. Today I discussed this with someone close to me. We agree that in life things are not easy and to accept them sometimes it takes time to understand why things happen.

It could be that what is happening now, sometimes it is not necessarily understandable at the same time, it can also be understood years later. This reminds me of one incident that happened years ago.

That night I dreamed of meeting one aunty from my dad’s side. In my dream she was lying in bed while I was standing next to her bed. She told me to take care of her only one beloved daughter. I nodded and I woke up from my sleep.

That morning when I woke up and when I left my room and met my dad, he informed me that the aunty had just died a few hours ago. Whether it was just a coincidence or not, I didn’t really think about it at the time. I came to her funeral and that girl cried as she hugged me, whispering that her mom died and she continued to cry in my arms.

That girl was a few years younger than me and at that time she was still in junior high school. Time passed and we didn’t see each other very often. I’m busy with my life and sometimes she stops by my house.

A few years later her dad died and she was alone. Her father left her a house and since then she has lived in that house. No one can predict the future. After many years later, fate brought me to live in the area where she lived. And the strange thing is that only the two of us live in the same area while all of our relatives, not even my siblings live in this area.

A few days ago she came to my house. I sense that she came to my house, it was because she missed her mom and she was lonely. She was crying at the time and she told me that what’s the point of earning money if she can’t share with the mom she loves and she’s gone. Why look for a partner because she feels that life in this world is useless.

I told her that life in this world is not eternal and there will be other lives that we will never know. If God gave her such a trial, maybe God knows that she is still able to handle it all. Everything has a reason and she is never alone because in reality I will always be there for her. I also told her to stop hating the situation because it wouldn’t solve her problem. Doing a lot of good deeds because who knows the good deeds that she does in the end will help her to be able to meet her parents again in another life.

She was silent for a moment then said that she was grateful that I lived so close to her. She admits that she stays away from everyone but she knows when her burden is heavy, I’m the only person she can think of to lighten her burden.

I never told that dream to anyone and at that time, I finally revealed the story of the dream with her. She was silent and stunned knowing all that. I told her, maybe it was all just a coincidence or maybe at that time, it was a sign from her mom to me to take care of her, it’s just that the form of taking care of her was different. I dunno …

But one thing is clear, I know that I will always protect and take care of her. Whatever it was, I just felt like that dream made me make a promise to myself and to my aunty and I knew it was my responsibility. Maybe I’m exaggerating but I just figured out that dream at that time, it took me a while to understand the reason and I only found out what it meant years later.

Regardless of whether the dream has anything to do with reality or not, but now I know the reason why me and her fate are like this. She’s not really my real siblings but somehow, in the end, our fate made us like this.

She is much younger than me and I know now that I have to guide her to learn about life lesson and I have never regretted that. There are many things that she has to go through for her life experience and I will staying by her, side just like my promise to my aunty in my dream.