Once in a while something happens that throws all your 'wisdom' and knowledge about life out of the window. One moment everything is going on as it should be- people are growing old, some are getting rich- some poorer, people are fighting and then making up or going their separate ways, some are falling sick and getting well again and so on. One thinks or one wants to believe that there is a plan in life, that if there is a superior force which many people refer to as God, he/she has a reason for making things happen in a particular way. There may be exceptions but there should not be too many that defy reason. The more i look around i see things that make no sense.
A friend's brother is lying comatose for the past few weeks. One moment he was a strapping young man in his prime with a wife and two young kids and a bright future. The next minute he is the victim of some wierd disease/bug that has him fighting for his life. What do you make of it? He didnt do anybody any harm. And why him and not any of us? Who's sins is he paying for? If there is a God then why isnt he moved by the tears of his family?
I always pride myself in looking at the lighter side of life but instances like these make me aware of the tragic side of it. I feel so helpless when i see people suffer. If only there was a heal-all balm or something that could wipe away all suffering. why doesnt anybody invent that?
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