Pain In Its Nature Is Temporary-Embrace It
Monday, August 09, 2021 | 100 Views |
The lighting stretch like a punishment whip lashed on the back of a poor slave by a ruthless Master. Hey! It is just a storm, do not panic. It may be the most excruciating moment of pain in your life but very soon the sun will send its rays to pierce through the skies and you shall be bright again.
If there is something we try to avoid in our lives is pain but it is inevitable. It leaves us exposed to an emotional state of vulnerability; emotionally taunted, weak, fragile and with shame scavenging over us like vultures waiting for an ailing animal to die. We feel like our beautiful worlds are about to or are crumbling and everything we worked hard for is falling apart in a blink of an eye. We lose our self-worth and nothing around us excites us anymore because the pain sells us the negative feedback only. Thus, our perceptions are fouled with. Sweetness is replaced by bitterness.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...