Have you ever asked, how would life be without experiencing pain?
There are times in life when we can be full of trials. It may lead us to happiness, but at first, it makes us feel mixed emotions, and one of them is pain. Many of us would prefer to escape the reality of painful situations. They go with friends, drink, and do whatever makes them feel happy. But at the end of the day, it's still the same. We would feel something that bothers us. Something that would make us think to end our precious life.
We expect support from our families in everything. Lucky are those who have parents and siblings who are willing to take part in your sufferings, even if you already have your own family. Here in the Philippines, it's been a part of our culture to be generous and willing to extend help to others. But we cannot expect that they will not abuse your goodness. There are people who only think of themselves. They could not feel any guilt that there were families who suffered a lot of pain, even if they benefited from their help.
There are also people who think that once they help, the person is obliged to have a debt of gratitude. Even if it is their job to hire people, even if they also benefit from the outcome of their efforts, they think of themselves as people who must be highly valued and respected, whatever troubles they may cause. If you tell them they're wrong they get mad and will tell others that you have a bad attitude. The play being the victim.
Pain is not easy to endure, especially when it comes to people we expect to have our backs at all times. These are the people who tend to be special in our hearts. But despite these, we need to be strong in order to move forward to the next chapter of our lives.
Have you observed those happy people?
They might look happy, but deep inside their hearts are full of pain. They want to let go of it, but it's hard. They lose the support of their families, who they think would be the most grateful people of their existence. Many of us cannot read the behavior of a happy person. But once you have experienced it, you can easily determine if he or she has a problem that does not want to be shared.
But imagine life without pain. How would it be? Can we identify happy moments without it? Can we be truly happy if we do not know what it is? I myself am trying to embrace pain just to continue to achieve the life I wanted to attain. Though insecure people would ruin the plan, but it would not stop me from being courageous enough to face any challenges that I may encounter. Maybe I just need to stop helping the ungrateful ones. Those who never feel responsible of their actions. I need to be courageous to rise up from the fall. I'm sure one day I will achieve all my plans for my family. I claim it!
Aim high, take the risk, rise up from the fall down until you succeed.
Let us not worry about tomorrow; choose to be happy, even though it's aching. Yesterday will never come back, and the coming days will depend on how we react to the present. Again, be courageous; we all deserve to be happy.
Take it easy. 🫶
