So I visited a friend’s provision store today to get something to eat for dinner, what I had in mind was not to stay too long there but to buy what I needed and say bye to her after getting what I needed, what I did not expect was the fact that I would sit down with her.
For some unknown reason I sat there with her, and then I had formerly seen the news where a young girl had been crushed by a trailer and she was in a really bad spot, I did not know the full story because I had scrolled past the news, it wasn’t until I was with this my friend that I realized that the situation was a very bad one, and I got the full story.
I sat there watching this lady watch the news and she cried bitterly after the whole situation was narrated in the video, at that point where I heard all that had happened, how the girl was crippled for life because she was crushed by a big cement truck, I just froze, that moment moved something in me, and like I had thoughts running through my mind about our lives, i mean our human lives, I felt a cold shiver run down my spine.
My friend cried and I just sat there, you know when someone cries over something and you can’t console or comfort them because you don’t even know how to? Yes, I was at this point, and one thing I prayed for was that God should always protect us no matter what comes, because of our loved ones and those around us.
That moment made me think about how fragile life truly is, we walk around every day planning our tomorrow, making lists of things we want to achieve, where we want to go, what we want to buy, but we hardly ever pause to think about how unpredictable life can be, the flame of life is so delicate, burning quietly inside each of us, yet one small moment can almost blow it out.
I don’t know why, but see as I watched my friend cry, I just felt like our emotions were also like a kind of fire, her own was a flame of pain,that was burning too heavy for me to even touch it, and mine was more like a silent fire inside me,you know the one that burned slowly and made me reflect deeply on everything happening around us, see ehn..... Life itself sometimes feels like we are just holding candles in the middle of a mighty storm, and trying to protect that small flame from being blown out so quickly.
I mean the story of this young girl just hit me in a whole different way,I mean she probably woke up that day like every other person that day, and not knowing her life would change completely in a split second, this things just reminded me that nobody at all truly knows what the next moment will hold, and you see that thought alone made me more grateful for life,and for my family, and for all the people around me.
I did not end up buying much that evening, and to be honest, I left my friend’s shop a little heavier than I came in, but that heaviness was not just sadness, it was also a kind of awareness, awareness that we really do not have control over everything, awareness that sometimes the fire of life burns in ways we can not predict.
As I just walked back home, I said a silent prayer again, I just asked God to keep our flames burning,and to protect us when we can not even protect ourselves, and to also guide us well, when we walk blindly through life, because you see truthfully, the only comfort I could hold onto at that moment was the belief that no matter how cold or scary life gets, there is still a bigger flame that is above us, watching, protecting, and keeping us going.
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