If you think you are going through challenges or difficulties and you feel downtrodden, it may be because you have not listened to other people’s problems or struggles. Everyone has their own problems and challenges they are facing in life. Some people simply hide them behind a smile and laugh them off. Others may not be in crisis because of themselves but because of people very close to them, people they cannot help but worry about.
Life is simply what it is, and no one completely understands it. It does not come with a manual on how to live it, and many of us are simply living life by default. Life happens to everyone, and no matter how careful a person may be, there are circumstances and challenges that cannot be foreseen. It is just what it is.
Clothes cover many things that are not visible to us. If they did not cover our nakedness, we would realize that life itself can sometimes seem as meaningless as anything else, especially when you live in a country with a dysfunctional system. Even insurance is practically useless in this part of the world. Many things are simply not right.
The mystery of life is so profound that no one seems to fully understand how it works. Even the so-called clergymen do not appear to have all the answers. It is simply what it is. There is a saying in my locality that the reason an herbalist consults the oracle every night is because you can never tell what may happen the next minute, regardless of how things appear at first.
There is also a saying that if someone is born in a third-world country, they already have many battles to fight because life has placed them at a 3–0 disadvantage. The struggle is often overwhelming, coupled with the fact that life itself comes with its own challenges. Those who have suffered a stroke or developed a serious internal illness can testify that they never imagined such a thing would happen to them, as they were once active and healthy.
If we could see the Creator and ask why we are here and what we are meant to do, perhaps life would become a little easier to understand. Everywhere you turn, it is difficult to hear good news. What does one do in such a situation?
We only get to live once, yet some people never truly enjoy life because the struggle never seems to end. If we could at least have visionary leaders who genuinely care about the people instead of themselves and who move beyond politics driven by “stomach infrastructure,” I believe life would be much better for all of us.
