Been
annoyed at many things lately but I daren’t say so because some of those ‘things’
are not things but people.
I’ve
got good life, nonetheless.
It’s
never totally smooth-sailing, definitely. We’ve all met some bumps and cracks
in the road, we all emo at some point or another, for big things and small
things.
There’ll
always be trials to face, whether you’re rich or poor or successful or not.
Everybody faces different things, and who am I to judge whether you’ve been
through ‘more’ or ‘less’ than me? I believe the tribulations you face are
always just one step more than what you are prepared to face. If you stretch
yourself enough, there won’t be something you can’t handle.
The
end-point of trials is ultimate joy. How so? From what I see, mortality in
itself is a trial. It is a longer trial fraught with mini-trials and
not-so-mini-trials. Some trials may seem enormous at first but after it’s over
and comes a new one, the previous one seems like a mole hill. But at the end of
this longer trial (and I say ‘longer’ because length is only relative. Yet others
like to say ‘life is short’ and in more absolute terms, compared to the
infinite length of eternity, our stay on earth is indeed short) will come the
light at the end of the tunnel. Light that comes from reflecting roads of pure gold
and the greatest light of the world. Even at the end of each trial, hopefully
we’d have learnt how to trust God and appreciate His presence more. We have
this hope, and if we keep our eyes on that destination, the arduous journey
will feel less difficult.
But
sometimes it is hard to even convince ourselves that the end-point is something
good. Some of us may have this hope for the future, but for those of us who are
not sure, for those of us who look at it more short-termed, where is this ‘joy’?
This endless pursuit in the mad rush that is life…to where? For what? I used to
take it for granted, but now I’m really curious.
This
was supposed to be motivational but I lost my point.
On
a slightly unrelated note, seeing your fervor makes me wish I could be this
excited about things again. After all, there are great things to be happy and
high about, but though the graph is approaching the minimum point, emotions and
feelings should not the determinants of my faith.