A Portion for All
A Portion for All
I have just rose from an arena of argument, an healthy one all the same. We were all having lunch in a friend’s home when an unfortunate news of another friend’s death by road accident was broken to us by his brother that just rushed in for that purpose. It was a very pathetic and gory situation as our friend who had just won a commonwealth employment was reported to have been mangled beyond recognititon in the accident.
But that was not the major point of our delibration, the heated debate ensured when the only lady in our midst exclaimed “God forbid, it can never be my portion !” The question now was asked, who among the victims of undesirable circumstances, have ever woke up with the wish for such circumstances that befall them!
It is also a common exclaimation by victims to say “why me? why not someone else?” Fine, if not you, then who else? Why do we think we are more special that the next fellow so that such calamity does not befit us but the other person?
Our first line of thinking when something negative happens to us is wishing we were not the victims! That you will say is human, but if we can take a little while to consider this issue, we would discover the truth that everyone of us is the same in the sight of our Creator, and so we are made to experience both the positive and negative sides of life. No wonder the Good Book counsels us to be ready to give thanks at all times, no matter the situation we find ourselves.
I’ll rather say, if it happens to us and we are already in it, wishing it away a hundred times cannot solve the problem, but if alive, we can raise our head out of the waters and focus on the positive side by finding out why it happened and what can be done to prevent future occurence. And for us the lucky bystanders, it can be our portion next moment if we just wish it away verbally without working to truely avert a similar calamity. Even with this, nature has made it mandatory for everyman to taste the bitter and the sweet pills of life one way or the other!
So, take whatever happens to you in your stride, or whatever happens to your neighbour, believing that we are equal to what happens to us and never superior to the next victim. We are all equal before our Creator!
Think about it and share your thought with us!
Thought provoking and soul serching post. It has been a “why me” world which marks our low sense of selfishness. It is time to stand up and face whatever situation we find ourselves and endevor to own up everything thereof instead to asking these unanswerable questions.
Thank you dear friend for taking us back to reality. Nice post!
Rireley.