There are times in our lives when we feel that everything is but a dark cloud. Only sorrow seems to embrace us, tears seem greet us and cries seem to be our only companion. All joy has come to a crashing halt and laughter seems like nothing but a distant memory. Depressing? Of course. This is how life was for me for quite sometime. Everytime I closed my eyes my all that came within sight was the horrific reality that seemed to welcome me back to the living hell that I resided in. How could this be? I simply could not answer this question as so recently ago life was anythin but a nightmare. It was blissful and I enjoyed everywaking moment of my life looking forward to an eternity spent in my own shoes.
So dreadful life seemed as I awoke into this world of sole disappointment, anger and vexation. I could neither comprehend it nor understand it. Why was this happening to me and what had I done to deserve such a gruelling punishment? Such questions penetrated my thoughts at every moment and they tore at both my conscience and heart. A life that seemed so perfect was shattered in the blink of an eye and what seemed like eternal bliss was conformed to the social cruelty and destitution. All was over in a split second.
I awoke fresh from this nightmare with perspiration of a dawning comprehension of reality. All the misguided notions that once ruled my fancies and controlled my desires seemed so far away. I was actually able to grasp onto reality and see what life truly was. It was at this moment that I began to live. And I haven’t stopped since. Waking up to life and realizing that life is all about achieveing what we set out to and facing every obstacle in our path hand in hand with those that we surround ourselves with.
I grew to realize that we don’t need a million beings surrounding us instead a few noble and trustworthy ones. Life is all about retribution. It is about love, comprehension and learning. We learn through mistakes and experiences. We learn from our family, friends and ambience. We learn by appreciating, understanding and feeling. This is truly the essence of life. We may never find true happiness or bliss till we awaken and see life for its true form.
I have lived a lie all this while. Indulging in pleasures that now seem trivial to the soul and silly to the mind. Yet, in someways I am glad that I have erred along the course of life and have made several critical mistakes along the way. Curious to my claim? No, I am not insane. Quite the contrary in fact. It takes a mistake to understand a fault the same way, if you get up from a fall, the pain of the fall makes the lesson learnt even more valuable. As the saying goes, " No pain no gain".
For this reason, I am grateful for all that have made a presence in my life. Good or bad. As either way, I have learnt a valuable and life altering lesson. I have found those that will truly be by my side through times rough and smooth. It tickles at my humor at this time when I think of those people whose simple existence seemed to evaporate within mere seconds at the time that I needed them the most. When my heart yearned for words of comfort and a shoulder to cry on, I was left desperately alone, except for the mere presence of my family and a few of my true friends.
With this simple test that God bestowed me with, I was able to establish and distinguish the essentials of life and distinguish the difference between mere wannabes and actual beings that fitted and earned the title of the word friends. This was my realization. My dawning comprehension. My awakening.
So dreadful life seemed as I awoke into this world of sole disappointment, anger and vexation. I could neither comprehend it nor understand it. Why was this happening to me and what had I done to deserve such a gruelling punishment? Such questions penetrated my thoughts at every moment and they tore at both my conscience and heart. A life that seemed so perfect was shattered in the blink of an eye and what seemed like eternal bliss was conformed to the social cruelty and destitution. All was over in a split second.
I awoke fresh from this nightmare with perspiration of a dawning comprehension of reality. All the misguided notions that once ruled my fancies and controlled my desires seemed so far away. I was actually able to grasp onto reality and see what life truly was. It was at this moment that I began to live. And I haven’t stopped since. Waking up to life and realizing that life is all about achieveing what we set out to and facing every obstacle in our path hand in hand with those that we surround ourselves with.
I grew to realize that we don’t need a million beings surrounding us instead a few noble and trustworthy ones. Life is all about retribution. It is about love, comprehension and learning. We learn through mistakes and experiences. We learn from our family, friends and ambience. We learn by appreciating, understanding and feeling. This is truly the essence of life. We may never find true happiness or bliss till we awaken and see life for its true form.
I have lived a lie all this while. Indulging in pleasures that now seem trivial to the soul and silly to the mind. Yet, in someways I am glad that I have erred along the course of life and have made several critical mistakes along the way. Curious to my claim? No, I am not insane. Quite the contrary in fact. It takes a mistake to understand a fault the same way, if you get up from a fall, the pain of the fall makes the lesson learnt even more valuable. As the saying goes, " No pain no gain".
For this reason, I am grateful for all that have made a presence in my life. Good or bad. As either way, I have learnt a valuable and life altering lesson. I have found those that will truly be by my side through times rough and smooth. It tickles at my humor at this time when I think of those people whose simple existence seemed to evaporate within mere seconds at the time that I needed them the most. When my heart yearned for words of comfort and a shoulder to cry on, I was left desperately alone, except for the mere presence of my family and a few of my true friends.
With this simple test that God bestowed me with, I was able to establish and distinguish the essentials of life and distinguish the difference between mere wannabes and actual beings that fitted and earned the title of the word friends. This was my realization. My dawning comprehension. My awakening.
