Have you experienced waking up in the morning and asking yourself, “Why am I still alive”?
I feel this way every Sunday morning, except mornings in my parents’ house. I wake up and ask silly questions on my head. Why do I work so hard? Why do I have to work? Why do I have to succeed?What is the measurement of success? On my efforts of improving my life, is it necessary? Why do I demand too much of myself? What are my plans? Do I really have to plan? What are my goals for? Why do I have to accomplish something? What is the end goal of everything I do? Why can’t I just be contented with love and simple life? Why do I want to make my life complicated? Am I happy?What is the measurement of happiness? Will this make me happy?
These random thoughts haunt me every Sunday morning. It’s like a session of Purpose Driven Life. It’s like a tiny Jacklyn shouting at my head , “There is something wrong. There is something missing.” I suddenly feel incomplete. I miss the comforts of my home. I miss my family. I miss waking up in a place where I know I am loved and cared for. I have lived all by myself for almost five years but I entertain the feeling of homesickness every Sunday morning. It’s not about being homesick. It is the feeling of uncertainty that causes unfathomable sorrow.
As weekdays go on, my life follows a must-to-do list. But it is during Sunday morning, that I wonder why I restlessly think of controlling my life. Like King Solomon, I share the same sentiment.“Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done and what I had toiled to achieve, everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind; nothing was gained under the sun.” Ecclesiastes 2:11
And here I am writing non-lucid thoughts hoping that I am not alone. Just a survey to comfort me, “Was there a time that you woke up and asked yourself, “Why are you still alive?”
andiyan
na
yan…
so,
let
us
keep
going..
where?
yan
nga
ang
tanong..
of
legal
age
na
mana
tayong
lahat…
he
he…
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I think we all have those moments. But remember everything happens for a reason. Each day that we are still living is a day we can do something great- we need to take advantage of that!
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thanks cest for the words of wisdom 🙂
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nabasa ko na rin yung book pero tanong ko pa din yan. 😀
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minsan nga naiisip when ako tatawid ng mundo at hanggang kailan nalang ako dito. hehe. ang hirap naman sagutin ng mga katanungan mo. hehe.
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