Ironic

 

I love this song by Alanis Morissete that says: Well, life has a funny way of tripping you up when you think everything is fine and everything is going well. And life has a funny way of helping you when you think everything went wrong and it all blows up in your face. 

This is real. I've felt tripped up in life not once but a few times. The strongest trip that hurt me the most was my son's separation. I'm sure this was also the biggest mistake that you who read this blog received. This trip left us with sequels, some huge and insurmountable. But we all get tripped up throughout our lives. Some bigger, some smaller.

We also receive help when we fall as a result of life's trip. In these moments, we receive help from friends, family but mainly from faith. And those who allow themselves to believe are most comforted. 

The other day, a colleague commented on a whatsApp group about the death of a colleague's brother, a victim of covid19. Several colleagues manifested themselves giving condolences and words in accordance with invoking God. Another atheist fellow responded to these messages with a question: and who doesn't believe in God? I promptly replied: suffer more!

It is true. Suffers much more. If we all get tripped up when everything looks good and if we are comforted when tripping up happens, why not believe in the greatest comfort that comes from God?

It's really ironic not to believe!