Life is a complex execution of events that unravel before our eyes depending on the quality of decision-making that people make. It can be summed up as a series of programmed commands designed to process a given input depending on the parameters set for a given task. The choices we make as we experience life will have an impact on our goals and ambitions in life. People say that we are the authors of our future. This is true to some extent, for we make decisions depending on the priorities we choose. In the end, we are the only person to answer the ultimate question, "Have we accomplished our purpose here on earth? Are we now prepared to die?” It would be a waste of life, if we cannot answer these questions at our time of death, for we were given the chance to correct our erring ways for so many years.
In our early years of life, our parents were there to guide us depending on the state of their moral values. They were the ones who molded us to who we are today with a set rules they saw fit for us to follow. We pay dearly later in life for the mistakes they've made when we were growing up. We then realize that their mistakes take up root on how they themselves were raised by our grandparents. Therefore, it depends on us to stop this cycle of blind 'passing on' of ill-founded values and traditions. We must strive to strengthen our spiritual foundation to maintain a balance over the material lure of this world.
We can find solace in the Holy Bible on how to lead a purpose-driven life in this temporal world. The signs and directions are clearly and explicitly laid down for easy reference. It's just like a manual of information and instructions you can find in the box of a newly bought appliance or electronics. Meaning to say that the product had passed the quality assurance test before it was released into the market. In spite of all these preconceived set of instructions, many of us do not bother to read them at all. We rush to use these products without a proper orientation of its capabilities and limitations. We get the high on accomplishing the impossible (that is domination and rule). In the end, when the product succumbs to our misuse and ignorance, we ask ourselves what went wrong. Had we read the manual we would have been able to extend the lifespan of the product and the benefits we derive from it.
In life, we also tend to choose the shortcuts rather than equipped ourselves first with the knowledge of how to live life wisely and fully. Had we known this early on in life, we would have taken the long road to maturity and take time to digest and discern the many choices presented before us at each stops and crossroads we arrive to. Because of our impetuous nature we find ourselves in tight situations wherein our moral values are almost always compromised. The gravity of such a situation is a result of our own doing, that is, in our haste and blind pursuit of our ambitions we fail to notice the telltale signs of impending danger upfront. Before we know it, it's already there before our very nose and there is no way to retract but to go forward and face it head-on. If we are ill equipped with strong spiritual and moral foundation, then we are doomed to make disastrous decisions where some of us would go to the extent of selling their very souls.
The only sure way to go is follow the example set by the holy men and women before us who believed and lived the teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ. Life is a religion per se. There are no gray areas, it's either we live our beliefs or not. It is not tailor-made to our whims and wishes.
Life is a blueprint of what life would be in the world beyond. If we fail in this lifetime, then we will surely fail in the afterlife. As we are given only one chance in our lifetime, let us not waste our time with unnecessary detours and face life with wisdom and faith in our pockets. Let us discern and endure till the very end.
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