Harmony

According to scientific studies, humans make far greater use of tools than any other living species on earth, and the reasoning behind this is the fact that they have a highly developed brain and are capable of abstracting reasoning, language, introspection and problem solving. Their mental capability, considered by many as a blessing, is what makes them superior and differentiates them from all other living species.

Little has it been said about human vulnerability. Perhaps, what most appraise and believe to be a blessing is what makes us susceptible. The highly developed brain of humans is what leads truths to become elusive sometimes, for humans can certainly find ways to hide the truth.  We may expose others’ weaknesses by manipulation, fraud and gerrymandering. The human brain and its capability of contemplation can discard every trace of humanity within us. It can unexpectedly change the roles we were destined to play, and can create terrible situations, and although such scenarios are undesirable, they are justified; for only when terrible things happen do we remember God, only when terrible things happen do we start appreciating the little fears and start begging God to take away the dreadful horrors and replace them with the little ones. Only when terrible things happen do we start seeing our blessings as quaint, and only in such situations do we grow stronger and start facing the reasons that used to leave us shaking with rage.

When difficult times hit the fan in our lives, we should take advantage of the one differentiator; our brain, and use it to remind ourselves that every adverse occurrence also carries the seed of potential development to bring us both individually and communally into greater unity. We must always remind ourselves that there is a reason behind everything in this ultimately benevolent universe. Every blessing can turn into a tragedy, and in every challenge we go through, grace can be found.