You go through life working hard. You wake up each morning with bright hopes for a better day than the previous one. At the end of each day, you go to sleep hoping for a better tomorrow. And the circle repeats itself. Is there no end to this seemingly endless loop of fake life we live everyday? What is the point of it all?
You are born into life without a say as to what background you would grow up with. Suddenly, you are already crawling and making some human-like sounds (called baby's first words). You then begin to walk and as fast as time is, you are already in school. Nursery, Primary, Secondary and finally the University. Next is the real world. You begin to see that life isn't a bed of roses and that all the choices and decisions you made in the past are simple "bed laying efforts" for the kind of bed life would give you. If you make it well, you might be a little bit more comfortable than your peers.
After all the hustle and bustle of life, a man/woman is laid in a coffin and placed six feet under the ground, giving room for other persons to have their run at life.
I have tried reasoning along these lines and believe me, life would seem so hopeless and pointless. But there's something missing. Is there no hope for humanity? Are we just like trees and seasons? Blossom while young and wither away with age?
I realized after a while that, outside of religion, life is pointless. It's just a vicious circle.
Religion seems to be the only thing that gives humanity hope. All else is vanity. You have so much money, after sometime it makes no sense anymore. You are agile and young and can surmount any obstacle life hurls at you. Try it again 10 years down the line. It all doesn't make sense. You can be as agnostic or atheistic as much as you want. But there's only one thing that gives me hope."Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter. Fear God and keep his commandments. This is the WHOLE DUTY OF MAN". It's just that simple. That is the point of life. There's nothing outside of God. Absolutely nothing.
'outside of religion, life is pointless. It's just a vicious circle'.
ReplyDeleteReligion, honestly keeps me going...'cos when you sit back and take a look at all the struggles, the efforts, the achievement and all of life's compulsory ceremonies, you can't help but wonder where it all leads to. One thing i'm sure it leads to-nothing actually. Just one vicious cycle.
Nice write up.