chapter 8 Faridah has the real power

Faridah felt a touch on her cheeks and she woke up from her dream . Her husband was trying to wake her . She saw him near her and pushed him hard and he fell on the floor. He was quite angry at such response and he stood up straight and scolded her like someone scolds a criminal. She was in a shock to see him behaving like this as he had never been rude to her before. She apologized and went near him and tried to hug him but he pushed her away and she was on the floor. She said slowly " My love , I'm really sorry, I didn't want to hurt you but as I saw in the dream I thought you ditched me and when I saw you when I opened my eyes, I thought it is true but that was a dream and I was still in that so it happened. Please forgive me. "

He asked " What ? What did you dream of? Did you dream that I ditched you ?"

She uttered "Yes , but let me explain. I'll tell you the dream I saw. "

He asked her to tell what she saw. She began her dream narration. He was amazed that how can she be so childish to dream of such magical powers . He said " You are still a child , and I think that you won't be able to survive the odds that life brings. I suggest that we should get parted and you should join some personality development classes. I always dreamt of marrying a lady who is intelligent and understanding and that you don't possess . I won't be able to tolerate your childish behavior and we won't make anything out of our marriage. So please understand this and agree to it. As soon as we get back home , we will file the divorce . "

He left the room without looking at her and banged the door . She was quite disappointed and disturbed and she thought that how can he alone decide what to do . She too had a right to put her point. She felt that this dream had ruined her marriage and that she was too stupid to tell him her dream. She cried for long and she felt too small. She couldn't understand what to say and what to do. She wiped her face and got up and went out to search for him . She searched him in the hotel but he was not there . Then she went out on the road looking every nook and corner. She walked too far but she didn't find him. She was tired and she thought of getting some rest. There was a shopping mall on the opposite side so she went there. She went in the coffee shop of the mall. She sat there and ordered a small cup of cold coffee and as she was waiting for the waiter to show up she saw something strange. She saw that her husband was talking to a lady whose age might be double than her. They were in the icecream shop just next to where she was . He didn't notice that she had seen her. As the waiter served her the cold coffee , she was busy looking at them and didn't realize that her order was served. The waiter waved his hand to show her that her order was served. She looked at him and shook her head. The waiter looked where she was looking and asked " What are you looking at? "

She replied " He is my husband and.... let it be . It's none of your business. "

He said " Ma'am, I know it's not my business but what you said just now forces my inner self to tell you the truth of this man "

She wanted to know about him so she asked him to tell her everything he knew. He said " This man comes here frequently and he's in love with this middle aged woman . This woman is the owner of that icecream shop . They want to get married but their parents don't agree so they are meeting in this shop. They even go to some hotel room to spend time together. "

She asked " How do you know about them?"

He replied " Because our shops are so close and I can see all. Also the lady sometimes tells me that how much she has to suffer just because her parents don't allow her to marry. "

She asked " Why? Why don't they agree?"

He said " She's 40 and he's 25 , how can they agree?"

She asked " But love doesn't have any age criteria or any prejudice regarding caste or community. We are free to choose our partners so then why this objection?"

He was staring at her with surprise and she asked " What? Why are you staring at me?"

He said " You told me that he is your husband and now you want him to get married to that lady. I don't understand."

She said " I'll make it simple. It's his wish to get married to an intelligent and understanding woman. This lady seems intelligent and understanding. He also can't tolerate childish behavior which is there in me. I'm aware of that fact. I wish that everyone should live happily and harmoniously and one should not force anyone for anything either verbally, emotionally, mentally or physically. I wish that I help everyone and he's my husband and there's a proverb ' Charity begins at home ' , so now I begin with him. "

He stared at her even more and asked " Do you know what you say? You want your husband to marry that lady and then what about you?"

She said " I'll be fine , I'll get happiness in making them happy. Someone might be there for me too".

He asked " What will you do and how will you convince their parents?"

She said " First of all I must go and talk with them and then see what can be done ".

She left her cup of cold coffee without even looking at that and went to her husband and she said " I am aware of the fact that you told me and I want to help you in getting married to this lady. "

Both of them looked astonished and together they asked in surprise " What!"

She said " I have known the truth and I want to help you. I'll convince your parents too and I hope they will agree . Don't worry about me . I will get someone somewhere. "

There was silence and for some time nobody spoke a word. Then the lady asked " Who are you and why will you help us ?"

She replied " I'm his wife and we recently got married and he told me today that he wants an intelligent and understanding wife . He won't be able to tolerate my childish behavior and so he suggested that we get divorced. So , I was wanting to talk to him and so I searched for him but then as I was tired , I came up here and I found out the truth and decided to help you."

The lady angrily spoke to him " What is all this?And why did you not inform me about your marriage ?Not this girl but you are childish . You don't know how much you have hurt me. I never thought that you would cheat on me . I divorced my husband and I left my three children only to be with you . You are stupid and you spoiled my life and now you want to spoil your relationship with this kind girl who wants to help you . "

The lady turned to Faridah and said " I fell in love with this man and I am ruined but you don't fall to him. You better get divorced and find someone else who is as kind as you are. Listen to me as I speak the truth as I know that love is blind but it's not deaf and dumb. "

Faridah said " I don't know much about love and I don't know him well enough. One thing I know is that he loves you in the true sense."

The lady asked " How can you say that? "

Faridah was a little nervous telling the truth about her marriage but she had to say it as there was no other option, so she said" We are married and we came here for the honeymoon but uptil now we didn't live as a married couple should live . I suggest you to think over this matter again and then come up to the conclusion. "

The lady broke down and she apologized for not trusting her love and uttering such words and she was ashamed .

Faridah was happy that the lady had recognized the truth but her husband apologized for his mistake and asked forgiveness from Faridah saying that he had hurt her feelings and that was really very rude of him to talk to her like that .

He further said " I thought that you were childish and that you would never understand me but now I have the idea of who understands me and who doesn't.

He turned to his love and apologized for not informing her about his marriage. Then he said

" I loved you deeply and I didn't want to marry anyone else than you . I was forced by my parents but I had the trick in my mind to get out of the marriage soon and that trick worked out too. I was going to tell you all and that was the reason I came here to meet you but before I could talk to you on this matter, my wife arrived and all this happened. But I'm really grateful to her that she showed so much kindness and understanding and also her behavior and attitude showed a lot of intelligence. But I regret that I didn't understand what is intelligence and understanding. I thought that you make a lot of money and so it is intelligence. I thought that you talk in a mature way and it is called understanding but I was wrong. Now I know that true love is acceptance, true understanding is wishing happiness for the beloved without any grudges and true intelligence is to let go and forgiveness. "

The lady was ashamed of herself and she told them both " Yes , You both are absolutely right and I accept my faults and I ask you to forgive me. I didn't understand the true meaning of marriage but now I learnt that from Faridah . I thank you for guiding me towards the right path. I will soon go to my ex and apologize and also I'll apologize to my children . I will always wish for their happiness and I won't let any grudges take hold on me . I will let go the silly mistakes and faults of all . I will develop the habit of forgiveness. I wish you both a happy married life with health ,wealth and happiness. Good bye"

The lady came out of her shop and behind her, Faridah and her husband also came out.She closed the shop and went out of the mall. Faridah was now alone with her husband and he didn't know what to say and also he didn't know that whether Faridah will stay with him or not . He was ashamed of himself as he had been so hurtful to such an innocent person . He gathered some courage and said " I know that I have hurt you as I didn't tell you the truth and also I used the trick on you and made you appear foolish and blamed you and acted in a way that made you feel guilty. I was successful in all these but I failed . Your innocence, kindness, forgiveness and your attitude to let go succeeded in the end. I am sorry and I wish that you remain in the marriage and I convince you that I will never ever use any tricks on you . I will trust you, love you , believe you and I will always be there on your side in every situation. "

Faridah was so happy , she said " I love you and I trust you and I hope that our marriage is successful ".

They both went back to the hotel room and the next morning they checked out. They went home happily and lovingly and decided to go on a second honeymoon. But now Faridah had to choose the destination and she was busy the whole day looking at the catalogue and was confused as to where should they go. At last her husband said " We'll go to a world tour . I am making the arrangements. You pack the bags."

After some days they left for the world tour.

As they returned back after six months, they received a letter from that lady in which she wrote " I am reunited with my husband and children and we are happy together and all credit goes to Faridah. Faridah has the real power . She has the power to transform. She transformed our lives from negativity to positivity and from fear to hope and from failure to success. She has the power to change the outlook . She came to my life and she changed my perception. "

As he read the letter his eyes were full of tears and he said " Yes the real power is the power of the soul "

Faridah took the letter and read and she realized what she had and so she said " I always wanted magical powers but I was unaware that I myself possessed those powers. Those are the powers of soul to forgive, to let go , to spread happiness, to trust , faith and hope and wishing happiness for all which magically gave me all the happiness and joy in my life."

She thanked the Almighty that she was given these virtues and she prayed that all humans should get these virtues.