Pliant like a Bamboo

By  PEARL AMETHYST ORPIA

    It was a typical evening. I was setting in my bed comfortably while I was watching a certain TV show, I heard my phone beep, it was a text message from best friend that says:”Wala n c mama,neh.”(Mom passed away..) I was shocked as I couldn’t hardly believe it. Her mom suffered from cancer, incurable, yet we prayed a lot to beg for a miracle. We believed. We hoped much that our prayers could be heard. We waited for that miracle to come, but it never did. It worries me……how is my best friend going to handle the sorrow, the grief and the pain of losing someone she loves the most? My knees trembled down I felt my heart is going to burst. If only I can help her lighten off her load. I f only I have the power to changed things the way I wanted it to be. If only I can…..but we know only GOD can.

    Why would God let problems hit our lives? Why won’t He gives us what we wanted? Why do we need to feel HURT instead of just happiness? Do you often ask the same question? I know you do…especially when you feel alone, neglected, discriminated, offended or when you are misjudged, and when you feel like everything’s falling out from your hand.

According to Freidrich Von Schiller, there are three words of strength: HOPE.FAITH.LOVE

Have hope. Hope that a day will come and things will fall into the right place. Hope that all the sadness will vanish when you try gaining happiness. Hope that someday peacefulness will reign the world. Why do we need to do that?  

Hope builds determination to achieve our goals, our inspiration to reach our dreams, and it develops willpower to help us do the impossible.

Have faith. Have faith in God for he is the only one capable of doing everything. Keep faith in him. Keep believing. If the world walks away from you, be assured that God won’t. As Alexis Carell define prayer as the effort of man to reach GOD, to commune with an invisible being, creator of all things, supreme wisdom, truth, beauty and strength, father and redeemer of each man. Faith connects with prayer. It connects you to him.

Have love. Love every living creation in the world. Love sans limits, sans exceptions. Love is something you have to share and not to be kept. Love unselfishly. If you learn to love without setting up boundaries, you will feel like your journey is travelling skywards. Seek love and you will find happiness.

Pain and despair are just a minute part of our lives. The biggest part is when we feel great happiness within ourselves. Enjoy life to its fullest, that’s the purpose of our existence.