I've realized something recently. When tragedies happen... well, it's sort of complicated.
When you lose a loved one, or even a house or a job, you grieve and it's a horrible feeling that's gnawing inside of you. Being subjected to abuse or pain or terror can cut you inside and out like a ceramic knife and scar you for the rest of your life.
But these tragedies, as horrible as they are, are a gateway to an absolute knowledge. With these tragedies, your knowledge and understanding of the world increases hundred-fold into a world that is terrifying, but also incredibly awesome. When the bible says "Yea, I walk through the valley of the shadow of death," those who have lost their loved ones realize that it is they, themselves, that are the ones walking in the valley. The dead have made their way to heaven and now it is those who are left behind that dwell under the shadow of death.
Tragic events may leave an open wound, but open wounds heal; if you let them. But if you keep messing with them, never letting them progress to what they truly are, then you will forever have that open wound and be buried in only that single event.
"Let tragedies progress to what they truly are? And what is that exactly?" you might ask that. My response is simple.
Tragedies are a truth. A truth of this universe that we live in.
Tragedies don't just happen to the wicked. They do not exist to strike the evil down and leave those who are good and just alone. Tragedies happen to everyone. Don't ask yourself what you did wrong when you are beaten down or when your loved one dies. Tragedy doesn't strike you because of who your are or what you have done. It is as random as lightning strikes and the simple roll of the die.
But as I implied before, tragedies may be horrible, but they are also what breaks the levee and allows you to see the world as it truly is.
People die. Some bastards are abusive and take advantage with their strength and twisted words. Some people are not able to allow you to keep that job that is keeping your family afloat. These are just facts. These are just what our world is.
If you let these tragedies, these open wounds, heal in their own good time, they will leave a scar; but they will also give you an incredible knowledge that is unobtainable by any other means. Let these tragedies heal. Let them give you a knowledge that is entirely unique, and only and absolutely yours.
When you lose a loved one, or even a house or a job, you grieve and it's a horrible feeling that's gnawing inside of you. Being subjected to abuse or pain or terror can cut you inside and out like a ceramic knife and scar you for the rest of your life.
But these tragedies, as horrible as they are, are a gateway to an absolute knowledge. With these tragedies, your knowledge and understanding of the world increases hundred-fold into a world that is terrifying, but also incredibly awesome. When the bible says "Yea, I walk through the valley of the shadow of death," those who have lost their loved ones realize that it is they, themselves, that are the ones walking in the valley. The dead have made their way to heaven and now it is those who are left behind that dwell under the shadow of death.
Tragic events may leave an open wound, but open wounds heal; if you let them. But if you keep messing with them, never letting them progress to what they truly are, then you will forever have that open wound and be buried in only that single event.
"Let tragedies progress to what they truly are? And what is that exactly?" you might ask that. My response is simple.
Tragedies are a truth. A truth of this universe that we live in.
Tragedies don't just happen to the wicked. They do not exist to strike the evil down and leave those who are good and just alone. Tragedies happen to everyone. Don't ask yourself what you did wrong when you are beaten down or when your loved one dies. Tragedy doesn't strike you because of who your are or what you have done. It is as random as lightning strikes and the simple roll of the die.
But as I implied before, tragedies may be horrible, but they are also what breaks the levee and allows you to see the world as it truly is.
People die. Some bastards are abusive and take advantage with their strength and twisted words. Some people are not able to allow you to keep that job that is keeping your family afloat. These are just facts. These are just what our world is.
If you let these tragedies, these open wounds, heal in their own good time, they will leave a scar; but they will also give you an incredible knowledge that is unobtainable by any other means. Let these tragedies heal. Let them give you a knowledge that is entirely unique, and only and absolutely yours.
