You were once helpless

Have you forgotten that you were once helpless? All of us have changed since. As we grow, we changes in our thinking and changes in our actions. As a helpless baby to an independent adult, each of us changes in a natural process to survive. What differentiated each of us is not religion but our values.

We grow up in different surroundings that become the first factor to set the values we agreed. Religion served as a guide for us to conduct a simple moderate lifestyle and remind us not be extremists in good ways or bad ways.

Life is imperfect except the enlightened ones, so by living within the boundary of moderation should be well done. We don’t have to become the enlightened ones. Religion remind us to get passing marks in compassion which satisfied our values to secure  happiness and harmony. We don’t have to score a very high marks like we did in tests.

Because we cannot remember what we saw when we were young, we forgot that we were the most helpless and that we cannot even move from whatever position we were placed in as a toddler.  Our spine was so weak then that our head wobbled back and forth on our neck as a baby.

Compared to all newborn creatures, we forgot we are the only one needing special care from our parents. Some of us not only forget the sacrifices made by parents, but forget them on Mothers’ Day and Fathers’ Day probably too busy chasing a dream or stuck in the rat-race.

Some of us forgot our mother snuggled us in warm clothing because we were sensitive to cold. We didn’t bothered to be thoughtful that by a weak little wail, our mother would rush her mind to choose how she could comfort us.

And we forgot, our brothers and sisters who amused us, making us gurgle and coo at the sight of them playing with us. Caring for us is fun to our brothers and sisters.

Today, you forgot to smile when you meet your brothers and sisters, a thing different when you gave your first real smile between the age of six to eight weeks which make them very happy.

You had enjoyed looking at brightly colored objects which now you may not. You see these days and the days ahead not as bright anymore. You see a contrast between you and others. You begins to measure all differences which makes you disgruntled and unsatisfied and unhappy.

Your envy of others if any, makes you not contended and in turn such feelings provoked you to increase your desires for material things. Then, greed takes over and you seemed to achieve what you wanted which you may not like and in reality you’ve become successful than more of those you know.

Jealousy creeps up and soon it imprisoned you from you good kinship and friendship that you own, leaving you as a lone-ranger walking forward.

To some, status and wealth, has become a problem and to them, getting “stained” by low-classes of people and scoundrels is a constant fear to them.

Envy, jealousy, status, wealth, … begins to divide and separate you from others.

To give back a little to your society, would make you a helpful and happy person and that fact that you’ve not forgotten the helpless. The law of nature, has on to live from helpless to helpless and it is only in between that one could render his best to his surroundings.