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My girlfriend and I are a lesbian couple who've been together for five or six years. Though we've broken up and gotten back together many times during that period, I didn't think much of it because our relationship wasn't very mature back then—we were still figuring things out and learning from each other.
Just when I thought our relationship was stable enough that we'd never part ways, I discovered a third person had come between us—and that third person was the girl she secretly admired during her teenage years.
We've argued and fought, but she calmly told me we can't go back to how things were. She's thinking about breaking up with me. She said this constant breaking up and getting back together is exhausting. She wants a stable, steady relationship—not something like kids playing house, where you just call it quits whenever you feel like it.
I told her I'd change, that I'd make her feel safer and keep her from leaving me. But she turned and walked away without a second thought. I waited from dusk till dawn, but she never came back to our home. This went on for days.
I think she might have gone to be with the other woman. I imagine she's probably very happy with her now— after all, it's someone she's liked for a long time. I guess she really doesn't want me anymore...
Will she hold her the way she holds me? Will she kiss her the way she kisses me? Will she whisper the same sweet nothings to her that she whispered to me?
Just thinking about it makes me so jealous. I wish she belonged only to me. I wish she'd come back to me.
As I cried, I thought to myself, and before long, I fell asleep.
A dream I nearly couldn't wake from, The distance between life and death.
In my drowsy state, I knew I was asleep, yet not in a deep slumber. I could discern the dream's content and even control my body within it.
In my dream, at first my vision was shrouded in mist. Gradually, the fog cleared, revealing a small wooden walkway before me. Beside it remained a mass of white, and I felt I was meant to follow this path.
I walked along this path for a long time, finally reaching its end. There lay a sandy beach and an expanse of ocean. Crossing the sand, I approached the sea step by step. The ocean seemed to possess a magical pull, beckoning me forward.
I gradually lost my ability to think, walking single-mindedly toward the sea. When I finally snapped back to reality, I found myself standing in the water, my feet no longer touching the bottom. Unable to swim, I panicked and flailed wildly, only sinking deeper. Just as I thought I was about to drown, a golden light seemed to descend from the heavens, striking the water. A pair of hands pulled me up from the sea.
I woke up right at that moment, drenched in cold sweat from the shock. The dream was so vividly real—if that person hadn't saved me, I felt like I would have been swallowed whole by the sea. Even after waking, his words remained crystal clear in my mind: he said he would help me once we reached the Success Buddha Hall.
What kind of help is he offering? Can he help me win back my love?
A voice inside me urged me to go, or I'd regret it. Driven by curiosity, I looked up the address of the Success Buddha Temple online and drove there alone.
The Buddha's guidance saved me.
Upon arriving at the Success Buddha Hall, I opened the door to find a large statue of the Success Buddha. The moment I saw it, tears began streaming down my face for reasons I couldn't explain. Kneeling before it, I wept uncontrollably, as if clutching a lifesaving buoy—a profound sense of security washed over me.
After I finished crying, I noticed someone standing behind me. He handed me a tissue and told me to wipe my tears first. Only after I dried my tears did I realize—wasn't this the very person who saved me in my dream?
The teacher also said that I have a karmic connection with the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in this lifetime. Since childhood, I have recited the Buddha's name alongside my grandmother, which is why the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas specially dispatched him to save me.
Teacher Chen's words sent chills down my spine. I asked him if he could help me clear the karmic debt I owed from a past life, so my girlfriend would come back to me.
I also realized I was wrong. I decided to change starting now. I learned to integrate into her social circle, to understand what she thinks about when she's with those friends; to be considerate of her, to learn to cook for her, so she wouldn't have to drag her tired body home after work every day and still have to prepare meals for me. Instead, she could enjoy food I cooked for her with my own hands;I've learned to care for her—preparing heating pads and brown sugar tea during her period...
Every day I treat her better than the day before, and gradually I can sense a shift in her attitude toward me. She no longer coldly rejects me as she once did, but instead responds with the same warmth I show her. This makes me feel that all my efforts are worthwhile.
After a month, I noticed she'd been staying home lately and seemed to have cut off contact with the other woman. I cautiously broached the subject with her, but she insisted she'd completely severed ties with the other woman and wouldn't have anything to do with her again.
She said that being with me back then made her feel incredibly irritable. Combined with the emotional issues between us, that's why she cheated—she wanted to find a place where she could feel supported. But as she spent time with the other person, her feelings toward me softened. Instead of anger, she began to recall my good qualities and reminisce about the sweetness of our early days together.
I think my girlfriend felt irritated back then—perhaps my past karma was at work, trying to sabotage our relationship. Later, she'd recall my good qualities, which should be around the time I sought out Teacher Chen.
Now, my relationship with my girlfriend has become increasingly stable, and we hardly ever argue anymore. I'm truly grateful to Teacher Chen and the Success Buddha for helping me climb out of the quagmire I was in before. They've transformed my life, and I'm so thankful!
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