All I Have To Say Is “Thank You God”

Waking up each day is surely a blessing upon us. Many left for bed just like we did yesterday and couldn’t wake up the next day. It's not by our power or by our might. It's not that there is some kind of special prayer I had that made us appear different from them. It is just all about being blessed to see another new dawn.

At times it’s so surprising that on the expressway some people drove on to their workplace safely and would keep passing that same route all day and nothing would happen to them. That same route is where someone would pass for the first time and it would be their last time passing there. Do we really think it's because of our expertise?

I was on a phone call with a friend of mine as I had a long discussion about life. We knew everything about life is just vanity. Nothing truly lasts forever and nothing is permanently ours. I told him about some people I knew who left the world so unexpected. I guess they were also not expecting it at that very moment. But it came unseen to them and they had to accept.

One of our family friend recently lost their eldest son. He was at first declared missing for a couple of days. No one knew his whereabouts and they were so concerned. They went to the police station to make reports and a lot of people shared their resposts online. Yet he was nowhere to be found. It is said that a dead soul is way better than a missing one.

After several efforts, one day they got a call from a hospital that their son was gone. It was sad news. But as of that moment they were grateful that they could even find his body. And not just being declared missing. He left the world as at when his time was due.

Another incident was a parent to the kids I thought years back. Their dad went to work as usual, and had his vehicle break down along the expressway on his way back home. The tragic moment was when he had to check something on his vehicle, then not too long he was smashed by another vehicle and he left the world instantly. That was so shocking. Someone who might have picked the call of his wife saying he would be home in a few minutes was brought back home crushed. Life!

It is said that to appreciate life better, there are some places to visit, when one visits these places then you don't even have to be told before you remain grateful. You complain about not having square meal per day? You forgot about those who had excess food and can’t even eat any.

When one visits the hospital, the prison yard, and the mortuary or graveyard, one would see more of life and its vanity, one would learn to appreciate their existence and be more grateful.

The health you have that you don't value is what some other people are paying and praying for, yet they don’t have it. The freedom you have yet you complain, is what some don’t have. The breath you take that you don't know what value it has, some people already had their last.

As for me, for the seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, and months I have used so far this year! And the few more I have to use before the year runs to an end. I don't have any other thing to say than “Thank You God”.