School Reunion
A school reunion has been organised, for my primary school classmates.
Approximately twenty people turn up. To my surprise, after twenty years I can still remember everyone’s name! Not a single person has changed so much that I cannot recognise. Chou is the first one who comes to me, and tells me that she owed me some thirty odd dollars when we were at the school and wants to return the money to me now. At first I don’t believe she said is true. I tell her that even it’s true, I have completely forgotten about it so I don’t expect her to return me the money. Chou then reminds me of the details on how she borrowed money from me which helps to recollect my memory. I am most grateful that she hasn’t forgotten about the debt after twenty years and appreciate her integrity.
I greet a few other old school mates, including Guo. Guo used to be one of the top students in the class. Guo tells me that she owns a small shop which sells computer gadgets. In order to show me her business, she takes me to the shop which is located on the left side of a busy street which is full of shops. I notice that her shop is full of joysticks apart from other gadgets. Guo explains to me that running a small business is very hard and that her sales is going downhill.
Although I have managed to talk to a few of my old school mate, time soon runs out before I can talk to everyone. At this moment someone realises that this school reunion is not well planned. Firstly, a contact book hasn’t been compiled to be dispatched to everyone; secondly, our school teacher hasn’t been invited to this reunion. A decision has been made to have another reunion the very next day. Of course, a contact book will have been available by then, and our school teacher would be invited.
Forty-one people turn up on the next day, compared to about half the numbers on the previous day. This is just about the whole class. Li is our old monitress in the class and she is responsible for the organising of the second reunion. Shu used to be a naughty student in the class. I hear him saying to Li that she has the most beautiful hair in the world. I am actually not too far from them.
I also see Dai. Dai used to be the most hopeless student in class. In one exam he only got 3% which made him famous in the school. However, I notice that he is wearing a very high quality business suit and looks very smart and professional. I ask him: ‘Dai, tell me, what do you do?’
He tells me that he is a lawyer. Upon hearing this, I burst into laughter. Not just me, several other people around us laugh too. I laugh and laugh and can‘t say a word. Dai laughs too. We know what’s in each other’s mind: even the worst student can be a high achiever yet a top student can be very mediocre. That’s why we all laughed.
2 Comments:
I think the message from this dream is very obvious: during this life journey, sometimes we are ahead of others, othertimes we are behind, as time goes, our place in the journey amongst others changes. We should never judge someone for his/her current place because his/her place will certainly change over time.
As to the debt Chou owed me 20 years ago which I have no recollection about, my husband thinks it shows that I am a forgiving person and I don't hold people accountable for past wrong doings. Maybe he is right!
"To my surprise, after twenty years I can still remember everyone’s name! Not a single person has changed so much that I cannot recognise."
This detail is interesting because in my dreams I actually vividly remembered a lot of names (and also I was somewhat aware that I was in a dream that if I wake up I wouldn't remember the names).
Why I could remember everyone's name and reconise everyone's face after 20 years? Because in spiritual realm, nothing will be forgotten and all our deeds and actions will be recorded somewhere in the entire Universe, and this applies to everyone of us. I guess my dream tapped into this Universal truth, which has the purpose of enhancing my soul consciousness.
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