Moments
of Joy and Laughter
To start with, I will like to from the onset capture
two pairs of factors in this first piece that beautify our lives; these are
moments of joy/laughter and moments of tears/regrets. Be patient, stay with me
in this journey, I cannot promise you heaven and earth but one thing I know for
sure is that the end of this journey proves to be life defining and fulfilling.
Inevitably, time will come that life will throw at
us pleasant moments; moments we would love to keep experiencing again and
again. These moments make us laugh and send chill down our spines, they are
moments that momentarily make us forget our sorrows and troubles, and these are
the moments of joy and happiness.
Happiness and peace are two things you should not
deny yourself daily, the obvious reason being that you have single life to live
within a short time frame. However, happiness and peace is not the absence of
chaos but the ability to discover purpose in the storm and knowing who is with
you in the storm. Knowing this will keep you focus even amidst the most joyous
moments that have the capacity of derailing you off life’s purpose.
Most men and women in the past experience moments of
laughter and joy; some discovered purpose in it while to some, those moments
destroyed them. Therefore, we all must be careful and cautious of happy and
joyous moments of life, they are meant to relief us, make us laugh and
appreciate life the more but not to drive us off course.
God cares about us, He smiles when we smile, He
laughs when we laugh and He is happy whenever we are happy. Thus, He derive
pleasure in seeing us passing through such moments of life with our head held
high focusing on Him and not losing sight of who He is in our lives. Moments of
joy and laughter adds beauty to life, appreciate them always.
Moments
of Tears and Regrets
Again, because life is never a bed of roses, neither has it ever promised us a
smooth ride; we will surely have our fair share of tears, regrets and moments
that leave nostalgic and remorseful feelings whenever thought of them come to
mind. These are moments and life’s experiences that leave us with no option
than to ask “why me Lord”?
Quite a number of experiences in life will leave us
with regrets, especially ones emerging from wrong choices we have made in life.
At such moments, we often wish if we can turn back the hands of time. Again,
other life’s experiences coupling with our regrets will leave us in tears; at
times tears become our food and it feels as if the night is prevailing over the
dawn.
Regret is a self-created prison cell, it locks you
and stagnates you in one place so that you cannot move on with life; get out of
it, break free, let go of the past and
move on. Yes, it is human and normal to cry and shed tears, but don’t let your
tears tear you apart, brace up because there is always sunshine after the rain.
God's Infallible word assured us in Psalms 30:3
assured us that “He gets angry once in a while, but across a lifetime there is
only love. The nights of crying your eyes out give way to days of laughter”.
Live this life with your head held
high because it is only one life you have and it is time bound; truly, ugly
moments will come that will make you regret and shade tears but don’t forget
that you are not in this alone. The fact that you are alive was never your idea
but God’s, leave all for Him to worry about.
Be free to leave your comments. Thank You
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