A forest where all paths lead to disappointment

A forest where all paths lead to disappointment

Everything that has a beginning surely has an end, a fact that has been there since the beginning of time and will remain until the end. However, we become so obsessed with things that we become blinded to the inevitable and only wake up to reality when
it slaps us on our face.

Despite going through bitter experiences over and over again, we never stop chasing happiness. We never learn that it is but a momentary thing that will fade away even before we become used to it. It seems utterly absurd to focus on attaining happiness and
evading depression, when the former almost always gets followed by the latter.

There are a few people who become enlightened to the truth, though not without getting maimed by it first. It may be a loss of a parent, death of a sibling, a sudden collapse in business, termination from a job, decline in glory, or farewell of a loved one.

All these situations are capable of making a person realise just how helpless he is in front of fate and what little control he has over his destiny. Whenever he begins to adjust himself to something, he finds it reaching an end and leaving him stranded,
completely clueless about what he needs to do next.

An immense effort allows him to recover from the shock and start again, hoping to not get greeted by another dead end. However, the hope turns out to be in vain and he ends up getting slapped by reality again.

In more cases, the person is pretty naive and drags himself on another path, this time determined to pave a new path from the point where the previous path runs out and brings him to a dead end. He is prepared to drill through the dead end in order to continue
on the latest destiny that he himself has chosen for him.

Despite all the preparation and determination, the person finds himself succumbing to reality yet again. He is but only human and has a certain capacity, beyond which he cannot fight against his fate. He cannot extend something that is meant to end despite.

However, there is one question that remains. Is it wise for the person to keep changing paths? Is it wise for him to keep searching for new destinies and treading on them despite knowing that there is a high probability of it bringing him nothing but disappointment?
This is one question that a person needs to answer. Find an answer to this question is what life and faith is all about.

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Posted by Muhammad Qasim Hassan on Dec 30 2011. Filed under Opinion. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry