Against all odds

During this time of the year, some of us are happy and others might be having the difficulties of their own. Some of us might be thinking to end their lives but some others probably are flying high. Life is easy but it does have it shares of turbulence. Only the strong will stand against all odds.

In USA where recession had taken its toll, we heard some sad news about fathers who killed the whole families because they can't see the way out. A very pathetic decision, I could say. I guess they prpbably think, because they make the families, so they had the right to end the families. Let’s see the other way round. We, as human, as far as I know are not able to create the soul/life. Even if the child is born from a mother’s womb, it’s not the mother who gives the life to the child. It’s the gift from the God to the mother. The womb is the channel of delivery and a gift from God to the child so that the child will have a mother’s love.

At any time of difficulty, we need to be patience. The miracle word is patience. It is easy to say than to be done, though. I had and have to bit my tongue in order to learn the word ‘patience’. And to move forward means perseverance. It is not effortless. I sometimes need the world to beckon with me and at some point, need a reminder. And beside that, it’s God who I hang on in my most difficult time. No human can take away the pain. But as we all know, the sun will shine again after the rainy days. Just hang on, even to smallest possibilities.

Another word that we need to learn is gratitude. Yes, we’re in the tough time and are very hard to see light in the room full of darkness. However, light can be seen even in dreams. As an example, just think about the unfortunate man or woman who has been living in the darkness their whole life. They can’t imagine what blue look is like. Looking at any other person who are less fortunate then we could take away some burden. Nothing is permanent.

Patience, perseverance and find a way to feel gratitude for life. The angry young man attitude is not cool and not helping anybody at time of turmoil.