Ewa’s Thought in Words

BEING ALIVE. . .
Being alive each day like today gives us the opportunity to be found, opportunity to complain, opportunity to do things differently, opportunity to mend our ways and become better, opportunity to achieve as well as fail…Opportunity to be opposed, to be hated… Opportunity for new hopes, opportunity to learn more because in life, learning never ends… Opportunity to love more and the opportunity to move on from where we fell or were stuck, opportunity to be wiser by allowing our past mistakes to shapen and correct us and to help us lead a better present. Being alive’s bucket list is so endless but do we really see being alive as an opportunity? Do we really believe being alive is one great miracle we undeservingly enjoy from God each day? Do we think being alive is one achievement beyond purchase? Can money give life? Of course many would say a big “YES” in the context that money answereth all things, right? But may I remind us that money can put one in an oxygen tank but cannot make the person live? Money can provide medical care but cannot give life. Money can buy everything buyable but can not buy one’s life when it’s time. Money can’t even buy you peace of mind or love. All these things we get to enjoy effortlessly . . . These are free gifts that come with being alive. So when we wake up with so much complains and lamentations, may we also be reasonable enough to understand that there are many who would give anything to be alive if there was that option or offer.
It’s normal as a living person to want several good things to make life beautiful and fun. It is normal to want a better life and to achieve greatness and be famous, to be a superstar and to call the shots and run life the way you deem fit but can all this be possible if you are in the mortuary or cemetery? Is it not your mates that are dying each day? Some are roaming the streets naked with no sense of sanity. Some are homeless, some with medical conditions that have defied science. Some do not even have the luxury of sleeping except it is induced, while some feel empty and so hollow even with everything you may be envying them for. Life is never really as envisaged. It is never a complete package as you may want it to be, but being alive can get you closer to where you have dreamt to be or will ever dream. So, when you are confronted with the whys’ series, always remember that waking up to life each day is not a normal phenomenon. It is obviously not a guarantee but a rare privilege many don’t wake up to.
The corona virus came and ravaged a lot of lives. Businesses were shut down and many hopes and dreams drowned. This is the same way natural disasters are taking their toll right now in different parts of the world destroying many, displacing hundreds of thousands of people each day. . . This could have been you or me or any of our friends or family but we are here. . . We may not be where exactly we wish for but we are alive and that’s what really counts at the end of the day.. It means that there is definitely hope of being in a better place someday, especially when we keep pushing and not quitting, when we appreciate the gift of breath in our lungs, when we are not afraid to fall if that is what it takes to rise again.
In all of it, gratitude is the key! Being grateful for everything even the bad ones. No experience is useless. . . It will always come handy at some point in life and only then will it make sense why you had to go through such in the first place. As we begin again, may we recount our blessings and know always that it wouldn’t have been possible if we were not ALIVE!