Good day dear friends & readers,
There are three types of living things that live and breathe in this world. The animals, the plants or vegetation and of course, us, the humans. The first two types live the way they were supposed to live according to life chain circle. They grew day by day and when their time comes, they were ripe, ready and good for human to feast upon. These species lived accordingly.
We, the human race had always been on the upper hand when compared to the other two living things. We were bestowed with a perfect physical outlook and a brain to go with.
When we were in the womb of our mothers, crouching comfortably inside there for nine months at the expand of our mother's discomfort, we wanted so eagerly to peep into this world and make a grand entrance announcing to everybody that we are here to stay.
The first thing we did to attract attention was by squealing at the top of our voice. There, we got our first attention. Everybody was fussing over us. People in white garb were busy attending to us rather than our mothers who had just fight a battle that needed to be a win-win situation, fighting for her life and for our lives. And she did great. She won for both!
And so, we started our life with very basic and humble beginnings. We came into this world with nothing. Naked, penniless and helpless in every way.
Slowly, we wanted to take control of everything. We wanted people to listen to us even at a very tender age. We throw away the food that didn't meet our expectations. Moms would then cook or prepare something else for us just to be certain we had our tummy filled.
We threw tantrums when our requests were denied. Again, mom and dad would give in to us.
I Want More!
We were sent to school. We always wanted to be seen and sought-after by others. Please God, let me have these cool sneakers I saw the other day in the mall. So we demanded that mommy and daddy get us the finest school shoes and the sneakers. The most up-to-date school bag that nobody in the school realized yet that it's gonna be the new craze. We were so proud of ourselves for being the trend-setter. God had answered our prayer as we got what we asked for.
After a while we got bored with it all. I Want More!
We excelled in our final exam and qualified ourselves to enroll in one of the more prestige college in the country. Now,we had to have each and everybody's attention. Dear God! Let me excel at this place. I want to be a somebody over here.
For that matter, we had to work extra hard to stay on top always. At time, we make enemies just to be where we wanted to be. But we couldn't care less. We worked and studied hard to become the college valedictorian. That way everybody will remember our name and that include the professors and lecturers. We felt so proud of ourselves. We had everything going the way we wanted it to be. Now, we had to remember to always be the number one in everything. There's no other way to doing it than to stay focus. Life is good but I Want More.
Finally, we graduated from college with flying colors.Our parents were so proud of us that nothing else mattered. They shamelessly bragged to anyone who'd care to listen to their blabbering about their genius child's achievement. We on the other hand, couldn't be bothered both with our parents jubilation and people's admiration that much. We love the attention but at the same time we want more. We wanted to be higher than where we were currently. And so our inner soul is crying out I Want More.
We had now crossed the bridge from being a student to being an adult. We prided ourselves as someone who's capable in everything, come what may.
Thus we searched for jobs that promised us big money and even bigger position. We looked down upon those who had to start working crawling from below. That is simply not me, we think to ourselves. We attended interviews anytime anywhere as long as the job offered promised us the big return. We couldn't care less about what others think, we care only about ourselves. Dear God, please listen to my prayer. I had just attended this interview and I want that job badly.
God had answered our prayer, again. One day, we landed ourselves that much sought after job. We were offered a position as the head of a corporate company. Our dream came true. We achieved what we had always aimed for.. Ahh.. life is a bliss. We were truly a one in a million. At last, we could sit back and enjoy what life had to offer.
We bought ourselves a penthouse in the heart of the cosmopolitan city that could easily cost us millions of dollars. We got ourselves a new shiny, let say an Audi R8? Awesome! Looks sporty enough for a young person like us. We were happy with ourselves for a while.
But, something is lacking. What is there in life if we were to have money and position without power.
Dear God, I want power. Not just within this little perimeter at where I am working. I want a power that could equate me to some really big names, doesn't really matter if that person was good or bad. Names that struck fear like Hitler or Caesar or someone charismatic like Kennedy.
After contemplating and given a deep thought, we made up our mind. We had to find a way to involve ourselves in politics. Politic is where all the power lies. CEO position paled compared to politics.
The fun just started. The rat race began. We had to prove ourselves to people that we are the right person for them to cast their votes when the time comes. We promised the stars and the moon to our would-be voters. We put on our best behaviour even though that wasn't our true self. We hate being a servant to people yet we love that thing called power that was waiting for us soon. After months of back breaking campaigning, the day arrived.
Dear God, this is the time I was waiting for. I want to win, badly. I can't lose this time.
Again, God give in to us. We won, with a big landslide against our opponent. We were over the top. Great! I have everything. I can do anything. I am a person to be reckoned with.
And so we became a politician. We loved being the public figure. We loved being looked upon as a great person. But that stopped right there because we were never a good and giving person. We were always a taker. We never gave. Slowly, we began to neglect the people who voted for us and we began to spend time for our own luxury. We used people money and the power given to us for our own pleasure. This is what life is all about. We now had almost everything. Money, position, power, family. What else can a person ask for.
One morning, when we about to wake up and swung our legs down from our bed, we felt weird. We felt heavy as if some kind of bricks were placed on our legs. We can't move it at all. What's happening to me? We called out whoever at home and screamed abusive words towards the doctors when we were told that we will never walk again. A complete loss of muscle function. Our family had long time ago distanced themselves from us due to us being a complete jackass.
We sat alone in our room running our head through many things we did in the past. We tried to figure what went wrong with our lives. There was nothing wrong with me, we thought.
We had to do what we did in the past as that's the way it should be if we want to survive in this world. We felt no remorse at all.
We sat on our bed and began praying again. Dear God, you have got to listen to me this time. I want to walk just like I used to. You have got to listen to me. I need my feet back. I need to go out and... We prayed on and on and always praying for ourselves alone. It's all about us. We want this, we want that and we expect God to listen and give in to us all the time.
But God has his own plan. He created us from the very beginning and he followed our life since day one and he listened to our prayer most of the time. We never for once showed any gratefulness towards our parents, our friends, our colleagues, our people and above all, God. We forgot that he is capable of doing anything with our lives at the blink of an eye.
And that He did. One day, while we were alone in our dark room with nobody attending to us, death came knocking at our door. We died tragically alone, all the money that we accumulated years before didn't do us any good. Our parents came to pay us their last respect but they came as visitor. They had lost their beloved child long time ago. Friends were all too busy to attend the wake. When we were brought to the burial site, and when our body were lowered into the seven feet hole, only a handful attended to see us leave this world for the last time. There was no I Want More this time. The Creator had finally put a final stop to our whining.
It was a big gap compared to when we arrived in this world. We were waited with great elation by our parents and others. We were cuddled with love and affection. We were a sight to behold.
Somehow along the way, we discarded all the good qualities that was within us and transformed ourselves into a despicable monster. We left the world and not many will shed tears for us and many more will not be missing us.
How sad.
Love and be nice always,
Rose
27th.Sept '13
