Can it really be true that everything happens for a reason? As amazing as it sounds I believe it's true, but what I'm careful to point out here, is that I'm not saying I feel that everything happens for a good reason - but just that there is 'a' reason. And by-the-way, I don't want to get into the far more complicated matter of what 'good' means, since the word itself relies heavily on ones' perspective. After-all, me finding money for instance is good for me...the person who lost it might hold the opposite view. Poor example, okay I know...but I'm using that to say this: I believe there is a significance in every event of life, from the most joyful and empowering to the inexplicable and sorrowful to the downright unfair and unjust.
Of course, sometimes it's easier than other times for me to believe that everything happens for a reason, like when the plans I make come together in some crazy way at the last minute. Then I may say 'ah yes, ..that's why such and such happened'...And then there are those times when I got really sick, or lost my job or a loved one died - it's painful and nothing seems to make any sense. In such times I may remember feeling confused or angry and in those moments I'll believe easily that there is no reason behind any experiences. But then I think. Hang on a second, I don't need to understand everything. I'm not kept awake with worry about my car because I don't understand how it works...I know all I need to know about my car - which is where the fuel goes. So I'm finding that I'm comfortable with living life with a greater appreciation of the questions that it throws up, which I find far more interesting and rewarding ...than chasing after answers.
Here we need absolutely new perspective to view our lives . All material things are transient but few things which will be always associated with us e.g. virtues ,wisdom and pure heart . If we know how to curb our material hunger and feel content with whatever we have with us, we will enter an aura of peace and State of tranquility .
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Hit her with the hammer..
|posted by kevin bedward - www.byitsizepro.co.uk
Its been a year of ups and downs for Bounty Killer, with this latest incident being well on the downside. Most of my Jamaican friends will know that Bounty Killer is no stranger to assault charges or violence and this latest drama sees him arrested by the police after a female companion turned up at the Constant Spring Police Station bleeding and badly bruised, and reported that he had assaulted her with a hammer. Since then a series of songs have been released about this incident with the most popular being titled 'lick her wid di hammer'.
Violence and abuse are used for one main purpose: to gain and maintain total control. An abuser doesn’t "play fair" and while the physical injury may be the most obvious danger, the emotional and psychological consequences of abuse are also severe. In Jamaica and many parts of the world it is all too often the men, not exclusively, but usually the men, who engage in physical and/or emotionally abusive behaviour in their day to day living or relationships. It happens, I know...and it's wrong. Ask the victim and they will tell you what you should already know. You are destroying self-worth, causing anxiety and depression, and making a person feel helpless and alone. And for what?...why?...are you thinking that it's because of provocation?.. economic hardship, family dysfunction?..or maybe the truth is that you have poor communication skills - you can't get out of you what you feel in order to be understood, so you get frustrated and all worked up then BAM! you explode. Well, it's got to stop. Maybe it's a lack of spirituality and a healthy fear of God that should be the starting point. Maybe it's a good kicking yourself that you need in order to....no...stop right there. God said if we live by the 'eye for an eye' rule soon no-one will have an eye left....let's make some right moves today and start looking inward on our thoughts and actions,..start moving forward towards harmony by controlling ourself first. It's a rocky road out there, so walk good mi brother. One love.
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