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1⃣ One fellow pet parent said: Today is the third day since my puppy left. I really can’t bear to let go of its departure.
2⃣ Another said: Today is the first day since my kitten fell from the building and left me. The pain is unbearable.
3⃣ Yet another: My pet just died in a car accident. It was only 1 year old. I’m filled with guilt and can’t forgive myself.
🙏 This kind of pain makes you ask yourself: “Does my cat’s accidental death mean our 缘分 (yuanfen, or karmic bond) has come to an end?”
Yuanfen—this mysterious and delicate term. It brings us together with pets in life unbidden, gifting us endless joy. Yet, it can also whisk that happiness away in an instant, leaving deep sorrow in its wake.
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That was your kitten, your companion. It shared countless days and nights with you. It might have been young, or just entering its senior years. You always thought there would be more time to spend together. But never did you imagine that today, you would lose it.
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There is a kind of relationship called “temporary companionship.” It is a lesson we must all learn in life. It stayed with you to the best of its ability during this time. Though the ending is not perfect, you should, like it, accept this seemingly unfair conclusion.
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As a saying goes: “The passing of a life does not mean the end of a relationship.”
As long as the days you shared remain, as long as the memories that belong only to you and it linger, then even in separation, it is not a true separation.
Though parting is painful, and it never wanted to leave you, its arrival taught you the true meaning of happiness, and its departure should teach you the meaning of cherishing.
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As long as we cherish, even when we finally face loss, we will not regret failing to nurture this relationship. This is the result of your best efforts. It will not blame you, and you should not blame yourself.
🙏 Perhaps one day you will forget its name, or its face…
But remember: Life and death, parting and separation—these are not the end of yuanfen.
