The Life We Live...7/11/05

The Life We Live


If life was simple there would be no problems,
If there were no problems we would not have feelings,
We would not be able to place emotion on situations,
We would never feel hurt, pain, fear, or rejection.

If there were no hard times we would be living in a black and white world,
There would be no drugs, no poverty, no murder, no struggles,
We would live in a society where everything seemed perfect,
We would not have to deal with situations that make us sad.

If life was black and white, simple, and problem-free,
We would not be who we are today,
We would not learn from our mistakes,
We would not grow with maturity,
We would be emotionless robots walking the earth with no hope.


I am realizing more and more that life is hard. There will probably never be a day where I do not feel like there is something wrong with life, or something that I could improve on. There will never be a day where I can say that I was compassionate, loving, caring, kind, patient, helpful, nurturing, and encouraging to every person I came in contact with. I live a life of sinful nature; there will never be a time where I will mature to the level of being perfect. There is no one, other than God, who is perfect in all ways. I could sit here and think of how I have been hurt by others, but for every action of hurt I have felt, I have likewise caused hurt to others. I can put harsh blame on myself for others and tell myself that I have not been a good enough friend or a good enough person to help them with what they are going through; but I must realize that I am only one person, I can’t be everything to everyone…I can’t even work on my own problems and issues so how can I begin to help others. The blind leading the blind will never succeed, there must be a point where we realize that we are each unique and where I am weak there is someone who is strong. Asking for help is not a bad thing, we all struggle, we all stumble. Life is such an interesting thing…(if you can call life a thing), we will never fully understand life. We will never know how to completely handle life, handle situations we are faced with. All we can do is try to live a life where we have good morals and strive to do the right thing, even if it is hard to do. Life is hard but we can’t give up…there is something so much bigger than us here on this earth that we should be living for.