Scattered Thoughts

Sometimes, our best performances to succeed are just not good enough. Not too good enough to attain the needed results we have always wanted. And at that point, we tend to ask whether our efforts were worth it?

I would say some questions are best figured out alone by ones’ self. Whether what lies ahead is good or bad, no one knows but we still see reason to move on with life and live the very best we can just so we may be remembered.

Sometimes, we really never know what we can’t do and can do right or wrong until we try. Many are scared of disappointments and criticisms that they never achieve anything substantial in life. Some live not their lives but the lives created by others for them to live while being afraid to face their fears.

Reality is never as it seems. All we are, all we have, and all we have become are products of our imaginations. Right up there in our minds is where the true meaning of reality hides. Whoever finds it is that person who will always take a leap forward to live life to the fullest, while the rest are either static or regressing.

I do believe ‘change’ is a thing of the mind and not something meant to be physical in nature. I guess that is where many miss the logic in it. Our world revolves round in cycle, going back and forth like what we all are used to doing daily- sleep and wake, wake and sleep- and nothing changes.

I see no change of sort anywhere, everywhere. The same old things we are used to always repeat themselves and the trend goes on. Those who lie, those who kill, steal and cheat, those who condemn and criticize, those who find it hard to survive and help others survive, those who see no essence in love and hope and in what to believe in- they all simply tussle and are tossed from one phase of life to another. And right back at where they all have started, they return.

Sometimes, we find it funny making sense of what to believe in. Sometimes, we are left with no other option but to believe in something and anything. What you believe in, I don’t know. What to believe in some don’t know. But I believe in the essence and existence of humanity for a purpose. I believe in the existence of life and death, weak and strong, rich and poor, good and bad, joy and sadness, in love and the lack of it. All that we may know we have some learning and growing up to do every day in every way and area of our lives.

I believe no one is perfect and that perfection is an illusion. Many seek perfection and not balance in their lives and thus, make their lives and that of others as complex as how a baby is formed in the womb. Most times, only the simple in mind, free at heart, willing to love and ready to embrace odd circumstances ever live a life full of untainted fresh air of serenity to breathe in contentment, share happiness and radiate gladness.

I believe we all belong somewhere and to someplace where all that matters is centered on our happiness and growth. We all are sojourners here on earth and I know and can tell that that someday, we shall find that special place where we all belong.

All is indeed “vanity and striving after the wind”, when I see the evil done by humanity to humanity. We have lost the beauty of oneness and unity in soul. The rich always want to remain rich, leaving the poor with no option but to crawl in penury. With all the toil, with all the work, with all the wealth and possessions we seek to amass, all later end up exactly where they belong- ashes to ashes and dust to dust.

I believe somebody somewhere is watching us all. Amazed by the drama and melodrama we have dimmed fit to daily engage in- from the display of anger to the expression of love, kindness and sometimes, stupidity. Cutting across our portrayal of cruelty to mankind and dissatisfaction about our lives, the people around us and about the things we claim to have, that ordinarily belongs and would end up with someone else.

I sure hope you believe in something and have something to live for. For a person without a belief in something or someone is better compared to a living corpse. My message is that you understand the rhythm of your soul and how to dance to its melody, make choices for yourself and know where your life is heading to.

Savor each moment in all of your days and believe in the trueness and oneness of mankind enough to embrace everyone as brothers and sisters, regardless of the tribe, race, religion, ideologies, backgrounds, social status and physical traits and attributes.

We are all a part of one big cosmic family of evolution meant to grow and develop, not in animosity or callousness, but in harmony and sensitivity towards the feelings and plights of one another. We advance more and improve faster in love but are being destroyed by the envoys of greed and unnecessary self-centeredness.

One body, one soul, one hope, one life, and many more things are what we have in common. The same colour of blood runs through the veins of each one of us. Many are yet to see what few already know, that as long as we continue to fight one another for an unjust cause, we will continue digressing towards ruin and perdition.

Hitherto, we just have to keep on believing that we are one and born of love! You have to believe that to effect positive changes in this world; it starts with your change of thought and perception of the people around you and the world in general. You need to lend a helping hand and try to show genuine care and kindness to someone who needs it.