Ustadz Ridwan's Dream

83. Inner Peace

The sound of the waves was heard welcoming Anisa and Vishnu who came with their car.

Anisa seemed to sigh as she could finally see the ocean after a long time.

Well the ocean ahead there, the stretch of sand in front there, and rows of coconut trees and several stalls made of wooden huts lined up.

"We're looking for parking near my restaurant."

Vishnu said, it looks like Anisa also nodded.

After finally the Vishnu car brought him to the same stall as other stalls, only the parking is quite extensive, Vishnu also parked his car there.

"If you want to go to the sea, just take the sandals off."

Vishnu said.

Anisa seemed to nod, she then took off her sandals, then got out of the car barefooted.

A typical beach breeze blows from the ocean, making Anisa's hijab ripe exposed to the wind.

Vishnu seemed to come down later from his car, he also did not wear footwear,

"That's right here, Nis."

Vishnu said to Anisa showing the way to the left they parked their car.

Anisa immediately followed Vishnu's steps, then took a step to walk together towards the beach.

"You seem to be here a lot."

Said Anisa.

Vishnu looked grim, though,

"Yes good."

Vishnu Sahut.

Anisa smiled even though then bowed, though,

Ah really beautiful face of this girl, plus she smiled blush like that, it feels like Vishnu can fall in love again if Anisa continues to smile like that.

"Do you know why I love the beach?"

Vishnu asked Anisa, when finally their steps arrived in front of the beach,

It looks like Anisa shook her head slowly, confused of course Anisa if asked to answer about why Vishnu likes the beach.

Vishnu then his gaze is now far ahead there, where now the sea is stretched wide with a thin wave pounding.

Anisa followed Vishnu's gaze towards the ocean ahead.

"For me the sea teaches many things.".

Lirih Vishnu's,

Anisa momentarily looked at Vishnu next to her.

"The sea teaches us to be good at keeping secrets about ourselves, the sea also teaches us not to change easily as the taste of the water that does not change, the sea teaches us to live very fruitfully by being able to share life with various creatures."

Vishnu said, making Anisa speechless

"The sea also teaches us to be able to make our hearts broad, the way we see and think is also broad. If we make up our minds, our view as wide as the Ocean, then we can be a wiser figure Nis."

Anisa looked at the ocean ahead.

"And I love the ocean because when I was a child I was often invited to walk by Mr. Dhe."

Anisa turned her eyes back to Vishnu.

Vishnu smiled, though,

"Yes Nis, Mr. Dhe, my parents you've known all along, are my mother's older sister, more precisely my mother's twin sister."

Wisnu lirih said, accompanied by the sound of crashing waves in the ocean. Anisa gasps,

"Twin brother?"

Anisa asked, as if making sure that she did not hear wrong,

"Yes Nis, Ms. Dhe Sundari is my mother's twin sister. He died in an accident with my father when I was a toddler, and this is where I ended up being the son of Miss Sundari who could not have children."

Vishnu.

Hearing the words of Vishnu, Anisa immediately drowned, immediately,

Indeed he did not expect if this turned out to be the answer to the questions that appeared in his mind since talking to the Mbok rewang in the old house of Vishnu he occupied.

"First I knew if I wasn't a real child it felt like my heart really broke Nis, I felt like the whole world had lied to me."

Vishnu said, making Anisa feel like joining the nelangsa,

"There was an urge for me to hate them for not being honest with me in the first place, all these years I kept struggling with my feelings Nis, to the point that I realized that I couldn't keep going. I can't blame anyone for my fate, let alone my Miss Dhe and Mr. Dhe who have taken such good care of me."

"One time, when I was in college, I saw an accident where the victim was husband and wife and toddler, I was like looking at myself, when the child was being carried by people on the side of the road, who is not who, my mind is like screaming, considering how grateful I should be because my Mom Dhe sincerely adopted me and poured out her affection for me until I grew up."

"Since then, I've learned to be grateful to Nis, no matter how little kindness I've received I'm grateful for, anyone who does me the least I can think of as a gift from God to me."

"Nisa, you ask do I feel burdened when obeying the will of parents who want me to do things that are not in accordance with my wishes? Then this is the reason why I said no Nis."

For a moment Vishnu sighed, staring straight at the sea that stretched far along the boundary of vision,

"Because of my desire to complain less than so much I am grateful for their existence when my biological parents were not around."

Vishnu.

Anisa who was silent next to him without feeling a tear.

"I won't advise you on Nisa's assortment, I just want you to start being a happier Anisa because you focus on all the good things you have, maybe you don't know a lot of people are jealous of what you have, that you even forget to be grateful for."

Vishnu said, making Anisa finally completely teary-eyed.

"Basically humans there are only two PR Nisa, namely learning patience and gratitude. Whatever we consider a test, it will surely lead to the same answer, which is patience and gratitude, which if we have understood and achieved it, then we will be able to get close to God, and we'll be happy."

Vishnu then looked at Anisa who was crying next to him.

Vishnu stretched out his hand, patting Anisa's back gently.

"I understand the many inner conflicts that you are going through, I feel sad when you are sad, this is why I tell you everything, so that you understand that every human being always has the same pain point. We just don't know, how each person copes with that."

Lirih Vishnu still patted Anisa's back gently.

Anisa wiped away her tears that kept on breaking down soaked her beautiful face.

His chest was so tight, yet at the same time felt there was a calmness that somehow infiltrated within.

Anisa felt she had found something different at this point, something different with Vishnu.

Although Vishnu does not look as good as Ridwan, in fact the man has been able to achieve his own calmness with patience and gratitude as God wills.

Anisa sighed, although her tears were still unraveling but her heart had calmed down compared to the past few times.

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