The tests we endure

There are times when people are constantly put in a state of test by fate.....its hard to understand when this happens to people who have been nothing but good to everyone around them. You've been the reason that I kept my sanity in the last few months....the reason I didn't lose my mind or do something stupid....and I don't understand why these things happen but one thing I am sure of is that it must get better for you soon.

Its hard to understand the tests that life puts us through....this one is especially hard to understand and I cannot believe that no good will come of it. Losing hope is the worst thing that we can do...I know because its happened to me several times and its then when you end up at the mouth of the abyss where even the slightest doubt can send you over the edge. I was lucky I got pulled back....maybe I wouldn't call that lucky.

Hawker

Some faces can bring about a sudden rush of memories. Today I came across a newspaper hawker who has been standing at this one intersection for years now. His face reminded me of a time when I used to go pick up my sister every evening from work; I can't fully remember how old I was at the time but I can remember the daily trip and at times getting some pastries from the lobby while waiting for her.

Its been many years since I had thought of the place and the connection that I had with my sister at that time.....over time the connection has faded and become much weaker.I miss those days at times.....I miss that connection. I also remember the innocence of those times, the simplicity and the world of opportunity that lay in front of all of us. From those years on we got more and more dysfunctional and the connections between all of us dissipated. The last image I have of all 4 of us together was infact was when there was 5 of us.....2 days before there were 4 of us left.....

A different world

This week I got the opportunity to work in an area which most people have never even heard of....and those who have heard of it know it as the area where most of the robbers come from. What I saw is not easily described in words but I will try.

Imagine a world of abject poverty, a world without proper buildings, no roads, no sewage system and no basic utilities. This is a world where the locals use the most basic of things to stay happy, they don't know most of the things we take for granted and are living their lives the best they can with the absence of any luxuries of life. Little kids run around on the road (more like a gap between shanty buildings with swereage in the middle) playing with stones.

Having seen such abject poverty and miserable living conditions, one is forced to rethink priorities in life.....things that seemed so very important and necessary now seem to be irrelevant. One thanks God for all his blessings and for being born into a world that knows luxuries and comfort. One also says a prayer for these people every day.