I Think I Am Alive

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I am strength, I have conquered my weaknesses I am beauty, I appreciate my flaws I am fearless, I have felt fear I am wise, I make mistakes I am a lover, I have known hate I am laughter, I weep with sorrow I am alive, I live today… There’s a puzzle I have been trying to complete, it’s almost finished. There’s just one piece missing. I can see the beautiful picture but it makes no sense, because its heart is lost. I search everywhere for that piece of heart but it’s not there. Where is it? In the search for that piece I discover something else. An old box, wrecked and difficult to open, forced into the shadows by the curses of many who try to open it. There is something written on that box, nearly erased away by the storms; it says, “…And when it all ends I will celebrate myself and rejoice in myself, for when it all began I wrote myself…” That old decrepit box, it is life. My life, your life. And life is not perfect. If it was we wouldn’t have needed doctors or psychologists or lawyers. So I guess screwing up our lives is His way of ensuring provisions for the aforementioned professionals. But that doesn’t mean that He has forgotten about the rest of us wallowing away to our heart’s content. While we were busy cursing each other for the miseries allegedly brought down only upon us, He had other plans. In each individual’s path of life He laid down problems to solve with hints dropped here and there. These were meant to strengthen the creatures so as to allow them to soar freely beyond the sky. But that ignorant species of Homo sapiens paid no heed to the hints and looking at the problems cried about their miserable lives. He tried to help them but all they did was throw curses at Him. Why? It is not the Almighty who deliberately tries to harm us. It is we ourselves who poke at the roots of sorrow and allow misery to rain down. Everyone is absolutely
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