Saturday, February 3rd, 2007
Life’s Gains and Losses
It’s funny how life plays its tricks on us. Have you experienced being circled into the wheel of life? Sometimes you’re UP, you think you have everything? Sometimes you’re DOWN, there’s no single joke that can make you smile?
There’s this highschool friend of mine whom i think is on top of the world right now. She married a very fine man, works outside the country, earns bigtime, and as if these weren’t enough, she’s having twins come July. Im very happy for her because she has it all. As if nothing could stop her from getting the best out of life. She deserves it…she really worked hard to get to where she is now.
On the other hand, I have another friend whom I’ve known for some time now. Two years ago, she invested on a business that fell quite quickly. After 2 months or so, she and her husband had marital problems and went on their separate ways. Last year, she almost had enough, her eldest son died after a brain tumor excision. She tried reconciling with her husband, and went back home. The other day I called her up to try and ask her how things are…well, I thought she has recovered by now…but was I wrong. She told me her husband is very sick, and is currently undergoing hemodialysis twice a week. What amazed me was that while we’re talking she manages to hum a giggle eventhough deep inside you know how crashed she is. They’re not rich, her husband is a jeepney driver and she just depends on her in-laws for financial support. Hemodialysis costs at least P3000 per session, so that’s roughly P6000 per week. If I were in her shoes I might have died from a heart attack or depression.
Life is really a box of chocolates, you’ll never know what you’ll get. The question is, does working hard and achieving almost anything in life or working as hard, still gets nothing but faces tragedies head on…define the person that you are? I say it’s BOTH.
When you’re on top, get the best of it but learn to look down. When life takes a quick turn and pulls you down, try looking up and know you’ll never stay down forever.
