No matter what you think you are going through in life or the challenges you are facing, you can never truly tell how many others are going through far more than you can ever imagine. Therefore, it is always important to be thankful, no matter the situation we find ourselves in. As human beings, it is normal to feel bad when something unexpected happens to us. We grumble, murmur, and ask all sorts of questions about why it had to happen to us. Yet, we often forget that there were moments in our lives when we were happy and full of joy.
In life, there are certain things over which we have no control. For example, we cannot choose the parents who gave birth to us. No one can predict the kind of family he or she will be born into, and since we cannot choose our parents, we also cannot decide whether they will be rich or poor or whether they may suffer from illness. We simply find ourselves in the family we were born into. Likewise, parents cannot decide the kind of children they will have. They can never know whether a child will be obedient or otherwise. These are some of the things nature has power over that we do not.
Another factor beyond our control is the country and nationality we are born into. Our parents determine this for us, and it inevitably affects us either positively or negatively. The kind of society we live in determines the opportunities available to us. Imagine a society where there are no doctors, nurses, or certain professions. It would be extremely difficult to develop what has never existed before, perhaps only one person out of a hundred might succeed.
Also, the colour of our skin is something no one can determine for certain; it is decided by our parents, and we inherit certain attributes from them.
Nature has its own way of dealing with us as human beings, and there is little we can do about it. Some people face health challenges as their bodies fail them despite their wealth. Some are impoverished, others are childless, while some pray to God for a long life. Some people lose their fortunes and suffer damages beyond their control. Some rise again after loss, while others never recover. Some do not even know what tomorrow holds for them, myself included as I write this.
Life is unpredictable and fleeting. It is not necessarily about how spiritual or how carnal one is. The problem with us as humans is that we often bite more than we can chew, and some people cannot really be blamed, it is simply the way life has unfolded for them.
What is life anyway? Can anyone give an adequate and detailed definition of life and how it truly works? It is just the way it is. In all things, we can only give thanks to God, for we never know whether today may be our last.
