I Never Suffered In Vain December 9, 2008

Each one of us has had our own share of the cross. This is the normal course of things. No human being alive could claim to have been pain-free, frustration free since birth. If there ever was one single person alive who never felt the stinging pain of frustration, defeat, heartache and loss, then, he is not totally human.

Everyone would never wish for these to happen, but these things are as real as the sun that continues to rise or the wind that continues to blow regardless of the changing seasons. Money, prestige, talent, intelligence — we may have these, but the fact remains: they do not immunize us from feeling the pain of failures.

So, what do we do? Clam up and hide inside our own shells? Live life as a lie? Or maybe, just wish that the earth would open up and swallow us whole?

Pain, I have found out is a good motivator. Some people have aimed high because of pain. Some people were spurred on towards believing and achieving their dreams because of pain. Pain is real and its reality sometimes leads us to build our own world of dreams and fantasies — a place where none of the realities which can hurt us will reach us. We seek refuge in our own world of make believe where we deny the existence of pain.

To deny the existence of pain is to deny the natural course of things. And to deny the existence of pain is to deny the reality of our existence.

Pain is not always ugly. There is beauty camouflaged in pain. There is this promise of a smile behind every tear.

Don’t let your spirit be weakened by pain. Choose to see its beauty — for pain can only be beautiful when you can rise from its power and move on.

This is my story:

I NEVER SUFFERED IN VAIN

As I walked

Down life’s lonely highway

With no one to turn to

No one to show the way

With fear in my heart

I traveled everyday

Like a lone pilgrim

Who’s hopelessly gone astray

A voice beckoned

Luring me tenderly

And life’s burdens

Fell on me hopelessly

I had no time left

I had to rush away

I had to reach that voice

No matter where it took me

Alas! When I arrived

No one was there

Just trials and more trials

Were waiting everywhere

I felt hopeless

And an all-consuming fear

There was no one there to call

So I cried such hopeless tears

Through the bruises

That came with every pain

I still stand strong

I have reaped a lot of gain

For it was you, my Lord

Who led me through the rain

So, now I shout

That I never suffered in vain