Tragedy

In life, tragedies happen that are very hard to explain. They can destroy families; and life for some is never the same.

Tragedies make you question the mercy of the Creator. It shakes your faith.

How can the Creator be the most merciful if such tragedies are allowed to take place?

Prophet Jesus was crucified, Prophet Muhammed was an orphan. How can Prophets go through this when they are so close to the Creator?

These are complex questions which philosophers have grappled with throughout history.

If one looks 200 years ahead, everything in our life will perish because 100 % of the current population will be dead by then. When you look that far ahead it makes you realize that everything in life is temporary.

Everything we haveĀ been given in life – family, wealth, health, respect – are all given to us in trust for a given time – once that time is up, it is taken away from us and that includes our own life.

One thing that cannot be taken from us is our memories. Khalil Gibran said: “To live in the hearts of others is not to die.” When you lose someone, which will happen sooner or later (unfortunately much sooner for some people), the memories are yours to keep. The only consolation is that what you lost was really never yours – it was just given to you in trust – for a certain period of your life. Very hard to digest when you have lost someone, but ultimately the only truth.

All we really have is this moment to cherish and savor, everything else is uncertain!

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