Unbreakable.
There is no such thing as a private moment. I believe that saying, especially during times of absolute solace, during the times I feel like no one’s watching.
But amidst dark clouds, there is nothing to be afraid of.
Taken from an essay entitled “Plans” by an unknown author,
“The best gift anyone can give me at Christmas is a planner. I like planners because I am a planner. I like thinking ahead. I like being prepared. I get a high from being on top of things. But some things are beyond planning. And life doesn’t always turn out as planned.
You don’t plan for a broken heart. You don’t plan for a failed marriage. You don’t plan for an adulterous husband. You don’t plan for an autistic child. You don’t plan for spinsterhood. You don’t plan for a lump in your breast.
You plan to be young forever. You plan to climb the corporate ladder. You plan to be rich and powerful. You plan to be acclaimed and successful. You plan to conquer the universe. You plan to fall in love----and be loved forever.
You don’t plan to be sad. You don’t plan to be hurt. You don’t plan to be broke. You don’t plan to be betrayed. You don’t plan alone in this world.
You plan to be happy. You don’t plan to be shattered.
Sometimes if you work hard enough, you can get what you want. But most times, what you want and what you get are two different things. We, mortals, plan. But so does God in the heavens.
Sometimes, it is difficult to understand God’s plans----especially when His plans are not in consonance with ours. Often, when God sends us crisis, we turn to Him in anger. True, we cannot choose the cross that God wishes us to carry but we can carry with courage, knowing that God will never abandon us nor send something we cannot cope with.
Sometimes, God breaks our spirit to save our soul. Sometimes, he breaks our heart to make us whole. Sometimes, God sends us pain to be stronger. Sometimes, God sends us failure to be humble. Sometimes, God sends us illness so we can take better care of ourselves. Sometimes, God takes everything away from us so we can learn the value of everything He gave us.
Make plans but understand that we live by God’s grace….”
We plan to be the best people we can be. We plan to have lots of friends, and we plan to be a friend to lots of people. We plan to act wise in confusing circumstances; we plan not to hurt others.
We plan to be perfect, or at least, be close to perfect. We plan to be blameless, unscathed----have a clean slate.
We try.
We plan.
But life is a journey that brings happiness and sorrows. It whisks us away from the beaten-up path, into the unknown.
It takes our plans, and sometimes crushes them.
Yet life is not only a journey. More than that, it is an adventure. And the goal of this adventure is that no matter how tough it becomes,
no matter how irritated and fed-up we are,
no matter how much we bleed,
no matter how much we fail,
and no matter how much we fall…
the goal is to keep on living,
keep on hoping,
keep on loving,
and keep on having faith in God and in people.
Thank you for everything you have taught me.