Life is kind of random, kind of not. I remember pondering one day as I was driving out of the beautiful Reikorangi Valley, that there was a possibility that I could drive home that same day, or not, & life could have completely changed. Due to some unforeseen circumstance, event or whatever, on that day or in that moment something could have happened that changed the course, direction or very substance & fabric of life as I knew it then. Nothing of significance happened, & I drove back in to that beautiful Valley later as expected & as per usual.
But sometimes, randomish things just happen. Unexpected. Good & Bad. A child dies. A chance meeting. An accident. A windfall of some kind. Some things seem random, intertwixed (is that a word?) with things that are predictable, foreseeable, explainable. From one perspective - it is random. From anothers - it was always going to happen. It is of no surprise that children in Somalia are dying. It is shocking, it is tragic & it is a sad inditement on our world, our selves, our humanity. But it seems less random than when a child here in Aotearoa, from a wealthy family with all the resources at their disposal - gets cancer & dies. Both tragic, both painful. Perhaps some things seem random now, then in retrospect (that is definately a word) we understand. We gained new knowledge or have insight. It makes sense. Somethings never 'make sense'. They just are. That is what we accept. "Who can know the ways of the Lord?"... "Lean not on your own understanding"... & so on.
The Buddists tell us life is suffering & attachment is part of the problem. Letting go is the solution. I tend to agree. But then again. Life is beautiful. Fullness of life - that's what Jesus said he came for. "I come to give you life, life in all it's fullness". I love that that is what Jesus is about! Fullness of life. Even suffering brings beautiful. Look at the Pearl. But, letting go - now that's not easy & I'm not surprised! But without the letting go there is no fullness of life. Letting go. Fullness of Life. Letting go. Fullness of Life. It's like breathing. Living life, breathing life, loving life, letting go of Life. God help Me. The Random & the Predictable. Does it matter? Let go, Love, Breathe, Live. A time for everything under the Sun.
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