We have so much time in our hands that we often hardly notice that time has eclipsed us by.
Truth is, the issue is not how much time we have but what we are doing with the time that we now have in our hands.
Get the point?
So much of our lives is preoccupied with fancy stuff because these things are easier to secure, convenient and pleasurable. For as long as they get what they want, people just don’t bother anymore about the ethical behavior that governs the conduct of good and normal human existence.
The interest of people particularly lies in the contention that the material things we love in our earthly life, however fleeting, are available now and are considered achievable.
Riches and wealth, love, satisfaction, happiness, power and passion are usually in this order of human consciousness. These are etched in the menu of their minds although, arguably some may not agree to the letter.
As recently made public that only eight men out of the six billion plus population have amassed material riches comparable to half of the world’s wealth, this known fact emphasizes just exactly what really drives men to climb the Mt. Everest of their ambitions.
Why is this so?
Because most of us are content to watch the events of our lives as they pass by. Most of us are either half-interested or absent-minded, much that we allow misery and suffering to swallow us, to lull us into a cloaked confidence. Most are merely half-engaged in their fields of endeavor that they fail to notice the key points and circumstances that needed to be fulfilled. We do not fight back the evils of negativism.
And so, we fail.
Ignorance – we need to admit – oftentimes engulf the many who seem lost in the Sahara of their unconscious being. This reveals a lot about us who cannot differentiate foolishness and folly from wisdom and discernment.
Most live lives trapped in illusion and imagery. Others exist philosophically.
Life is not copyrighted to be made for the movies. Life is not about capturing moments in a series of cinematographic reels.
Life is not about the ego. No selfies, please.
Life is about the supreme consciousness that molds a human being into what he/she should ideally be. It is the mantra of well-being, a noble awareness of a higher intelligence, that propels men to heights of greatness, accomplishing the purpose of their creation, to do acts of goodness and kindness to their fellowmen, to be what they ought to be.
What is most certain is that all of us will encounter storms in our lives. Everyone will experience hardships. No one can avoid – and escape from – the difficulties we humans must undergo as we pass thru every single episode of our lives. There is no exemption nor exception.
Like death and old age.
Absolutely, these twin facets of human mortality accompany us in our journey.
Reality declares that each of us has roles to play in the stage of human experience. Therefore, we need to feel reality here – now, today and every moment. We must also learn from it and form positive conclusions.
Brendon Burchard, a much-acclaimed personal development motivator and best-selling author of the “The Motivation Manifesto”, wrote: “With enlightenment comes the realization that the natural foe to life is not a distant death, but a detachment from living.”
What are we scared of, anyway?
Be reminded of the psalmist who inscribed: “The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge.” (Email your feedback to fredlumba@yahoo.com.) GOD BLESS THE PHILIPPINES!
