Life is all lessons…ignorance is not a destiny…
At a young age I was subjected to a lot of misfortunes; some of them in the form of pain—physical as well as emotional. Unfortunate as it may seem, there’s actually a big lessons I have learned from it, and that is the fact that no matter who I think I am, I’m just a vulnerable human being—subject to the whims of fate, under the mercy of the elements, and a plaything of my emotions; and so I learned to be humble.
Still, I find it hard to understand the negative things that happened in my life. Why must I suffer the tragedy of it all? Why do I need to face an inner battle every time I encounter an insurmountable dilemma? Wise people say that life’s experiences are but the hands that shapes a person; and that pain and suffering are the ultimate catalyst of change. But despite its affirmation in all my experiences, I never grew immune to it. I find myself trembling whenever the unfairness of life toys my being.
I try to see things in a brighter light though—hard as I find it to be; for I have learned that when misfortunes pass through, peace, humility and appreciation sets in. I have had a glimpse of this whenever I am visited by my migraine attacks; the pain is oftentimes so unbearable that I cannot see the point of it all. But when it’s over, I am made aware of the important things in life; it’s not pride nor wealth nor intellect nor fame nor honor that concerns me at all but of the blessing of inner peace. And such made me appreciate the people who have genuinely loved me—my family and my friends—the beauty of nature and the beauty of experiencing awareness of the present moment. Sometimes, misfortunes are life’s way of nudging us back to the most important time of our life—the present.
I have also deduced that misfortunes, for the most part, are of our own doing—not of nature, not of fate, not of others. When things go wrong in our life we are fast in finding someone or something to blame; this very attitude has become our biggest hindrance in seeing the guiding hands of God in our lives. Life will always be what we make of it. The more we resist our misfortunes, the greater it will burden us, and the more we chose to see its ugly form, the lesser our chance of finding the gift within it.
Inevitable though that misfortunes will haunt us, there’s nothing we could do to evade it; our very own ignorance and limitations will lead us to it, and the only way to survive is to embrace it; after all, there’s nothing we can gain if we curse, blame or give up. The mystery of life is that it has its ways that we could never understand, but be assured that every event in our lives—good or bad—are meant to shape us for the better.
A toddler, in its attempt to walk, may fall many times. With each fall it may experience a misfortune called pain. Had it brood on such misfortune, he will never get up to make another attempt. But toddlers have had this capability of being able to welcome such repeated misfortunes and find ways to step above them. I wonder why such capability diminishes with age.
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I love this post! As I read this, it made me realized of something within me. The negativity that I once felt as a person and the fear I have whenever I get into a new task. The fear that I may failed while doing it. But now, you make it clear to me that I have to face the reality that it is normal to fail, what is important is that I stood up again and continue to ii until I succeed.
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