Tuesday, January 17, 2012

FEELING LONELY?

A somewhat strange thought went through my mind today, that is, we tend to finish our lives in this Planet Earth much lonelier than when we arrived here. When we are born, there is a crowd waiting for us: our parents, grandparents, siblings, cousins, friends of all those, and more. We then arrive and are loved by a number of people that are real close to us and prepared to love us unconditionally (or almost). We become the center of attention and care, and our arrival is announced to all and celebrated by all.

Then, we start go grow up, biologically speaking as well as an individual. And we keep growing throughout our lives in several ways. Time goes fast, and pretty soon we are the ones becoming parents, and then grandparents. At one point, we get in to the last phase of our lives. Not sure when this actually starts....but we do have a feel for when it has already started. For one thing, we start to think we have become wiser, and our questions start to run real deep, reaching the farthest part of our consciousness, and generally not finding concrete, or at least complete, answers. But it will be exactly through persistent questioning and curiosity how we will eventually become much or really wiser, and, most importantly, realize so many important things in life.

But in this long journey, though, we may also notice that we are not as loved as we used to be. Whatever happened to all those that couldn't wait to greet us upon our birth? Well, some of them are no longer in this world; others are now far away, and others we have lost along the way including those we have added at different phases of our lives. Coming close to the end of our lives, many people may (unfortunately) fell like "they are all gone, and I am alone in this world".

Humm! How sad, you might say. And it is indeed sad. The question then becomes why this all happened. Or could it be that this is the way it is designed to be?! No way, of course. In this case, whom should we blame for this misfortune?

I will leave the above questions for you to reflect about, and hopefully share your conclusions with me and others. The other day I put a statement in the Facebook hoping to get some insights, but no one dared. I posted: "If you arrive at your final stages in this life being loved by your kids, that is realization; and, if, in addition, you end your life being loved by your spouse, that's a "home run". Add this to your considerations as well.

Saludos
Gilberto
Jan 17, 2012.