I'm Young Wife
55. Make Peace With the Past
The past has already passed. But the past is an important part of the life path that deals with the future. Many times events that happened in the past are the cause of great things that happen in the future.
Many people say, forget the past. The advice is not entirely wrong, but it may be inappropriate in some situations. There is no future without the past.
There are two wise words that may be most appropriate for everything, make the past a life lesson. Some say look to the future, but don't forget the past. Look at the past once in a while as a guide to life.
Some memories in the past might make our hearts hurt. But believe me if what happened in the past, there must be a silver lining. There is a purpose for the past to happen.
The past has indeed passed. Like what happened fifteen years ago. But the result caused by the incident is a change in the nature of a person, the change in the lives of many people because of it until now.
The consequences that occurred in the past, make a life that was once happy become chaotic. A husband loyal to his wife is changed. Makes many hearts hurt.
When a long-forgotten past suddenly appears on the surface. Scratching back wounds that have not been completely dry. People from the past come with the intention of improving the future.
Devi who is the one who suffers the most here must be hard to accept. A dozen years of his life were full of suffering caused by events in the past. And suddenly the one who ruined his happiness came. Her once loyal husband turned into a husband with many women around him. Makes his heart ache and worry at all times.
Back to the present, now,
Dasuki looked at her heartbroken sister-in-law who was crying in front of her. Sighing deeply before saying calmly, “We came here with the intention of wanting to repair our broken relationship. Let us leave Bondan with a calm heart. Our family has long been broken. Let's start back this broken relationship with good intentions.”
“What? You came to me after all this? You don't know what's going on in my life because of you. You have turned my perfect life into the life that suffered the most.”
“We know mbak. Forgive us. We were wrong.”
“You see him!” point Devi at Nadia who is standing next to Sinta. Nadia who suddenly became the center of attention suddenly felt nervousness and awkwardness in her heart. Sinta who realized that immediately clasped Nadia's hand tightly.
“She is the father's young wife. He was even younger than Sinta. You have turned my faithful husband into a husband who..” Devi could not continue her sentence. Her tears have already shed.
“I'm sorry. I'm sorry.” Dasuki's wife immediately knelt down in front of Devi. Her tears had not stopped flowing since she entered the room. What he did before was very evil. And he's sorry now.
The younger generations now know the cause of the two families being divided. And that is what makes many people suffer because of it. They do not know the details of the story behind it, but they all understand that the events in the past changed the Bondan story to what it is now.
“Bu, everything has passed. Uncle and aunt have come with good intentions. We better be at peace with the past. We repair the family between us. Perhaps this will be the most beautiful farewell to mr.” Said Satria approaching her mother. Follow the lute in front of Devi and hold both of her mother's hands. Smells his palm.
“Satria knows that mom must have suffered a lot during this time. From now on, let go of your burden ma'am. We start the day with a smile. Satria is sure mom will be happier.” Satria said sincerely. Look at her mother expectantly.
“Good. It's for the sake of father. I'll forgive them.” Lirih Devi's. Making everyone in the room smile.
All they can do now is make peace with the past. Letting the bitter memories that happened in the past be a valuable lesson for them to live a life in the future.
By making peace with the past, all the burdens that accumulate in the heart will be broken. Leave relief in the heart that will give happiness without burden.
“Good. Because this problem is over, we should immediately continue the funeral process of the father. He's calm down there. Seeing us back together certainly gives happiness to the father in nature there.” Said Satria. Everyone agrees. They came out of the room and gathered in the living room.
Yanto spoke to the village elder to begin the funeral immediately.
After various processions, the body of Bondan juragan that has been inserted into the coffin is immediately taken to the village public cemetery. Mourners took the bodies to the cemetery. But some of them were mostly women going straight home to them.
Nadia and the others decide to make it to the funeral. They would pay their last respects before the old man was put in a burrow.
All the processes from the decline of the corpse to completion, both Satria as his biological child and the two sons-in-law of Juragan Bondan helped directly.
A mound of brown soil that is still wet becomes the final resting place of the number one person in the village. The petals of roses and other flowers were scattered over the tomb. A gravestone bearing the name Bondan Darusman marks another human who bears the title of deceased.
After the funeral was over, the mourners left the burial ground one by one. Leaving the core families who are still loyal to be there. Led by an ustadz they held tahlil to mendo’akan the deceased.
They sat among the tombs. Sitting side by side as a family. At this moment, they forgot the conflict that had occurred between them a while ago.
“You better come with us home. There's a lot we need to talk about after a long time we didn't live together. Some rooms are still empty. You can stay at home while.” Devi said when Dasuki and her family came home. “We haven't even greeted each other officially.” Further.
“If we are not troublesome, we will gladly accept the offer mbak.” Dasuki. “Some of us don't know each other either. As time goes by, Many new faces become family.” Further.
Behind a disaster is a gift. I told you that there's a silver lining. And the wisdom of Bondan's death this time was huge for his family. The long-divorced family is now reunited at the time of the death of the prince.
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Huh! Legacy....
At first, I want to make Dasuki this will interfere with the funeral process, but it looks like it will be more beautiful if it makes Dasuki can even make up with Bu Devi. Eventually, the family will come together. 😊