Thursday, April 19, 2007

the need to understand

We ask so many questions - because we don't understand and we want to understand certain things in our lives. We ask so many questions - because we hate being in the dark, we refuse to accept that we do not own our lives and we can not control what's going to happen next.


There was this guy in my Asian and African Lit class who asked the professor why there are a lot of things in the world that must be learned, yet most of these things we cannot seem to understand; and there are so many questions to be asked, yet most of it are left unanswered. I agree though, that most of us seek answers to our life questions. We ask why we're here, who created us, why unfortunate things happen to us, why we suffer, why we cry, why we lose the people we love, why can't we be happy, and all the why's in the world. We ask a lot of questions, but at the back of our minds, we know we're not gonna get any answers.


We ask these questions out of frustration. We ask these questions out of frustration because we hate being out of control, we hate not knowing what's going to happen next, we hate to suffer, we hate to die, we hate to lose people we love. We want answers to these questions because we want to know how we can get a hold of everything that's going to happen.


I know a lot of people have grown tired of asking the same questions time and time again, and so have I. I have come to the realization that I don't own my life, God does, and He's going to do what he wants with it. Sometimes it's better to sit back and relax, and live the life you have; live the life God has given you. Do not ask for anything more, just be thankful you had the chance to experience the gift of life. Be thankful that anything can happen. It's better right? It's better than "nothing will ever happen."

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