What is your definition of life? I know it is a relative question, one that most men can’t properly explained or are not articulate enough to express exactly the way they are feeling it. It is a question we all are struggling to find meaningful answers to.
The dictionary has got six, seven or eight definitions or variations for life (depending on which make and edition you are consulting). But it is shame none of the definition is apt enough to represent or describe what I/we deemed as life.
I know we all have a fair idea of life based on how it is treating us; everyone’s opinion of life differs. To some, life is great, to others it is shitty. To some, life is worth living, to others life is a living hell.
My opinion of life? Well, put it this way; You are driving to work on Monday morning and your car got snatched at gun point together with other valuables. That is life.
Your mom wakes you up in the middle of the night suffering severe stomach pain, you rushed her to the hospital with the help of your neighbours and was told that she is suffering from Appendicitis and needed to be operated on immediately. You need to deposit a few hundred thousand right away. THAT is life.
You reluctantly went for a job interview that you don’t even possess the required minimum qualification only to discover that the interviewer/Chief Operating Officer is a long lost relative of yours. That is life.
I could go on citing various instances where life has hit us below the belt (negative) or catapulted us onto greater heights (positive).
In summary,
“life for me is what happens while we are busy making other plans”.
Destiny? Divine Intervention? Yeah, I strongly believe they play significant roles in our everyday lives.
May time and chance favour us all.
