What would you do if you wake up one day, then discovered that you lost the ability to walk? Or, found your hands immobile by your side? What would you do if you just realized that everything is dark although your senses tell you its bright and early in the morning? What would you do if you tried to yell out in frustration, but no one can hear you because not a sound is coming from you in the first place? What would you do when you suddenly can't hear anymore, not the rustling of curtains as a breeze blows in, not the padding of footsteps of housemates as they went about they daily routine, not even your radio that is placed right at your bedside, nothing. What would you do?
I don't know what i would've done. If i lost any of the abilities above, abilities that we tend to take for granted as we continue living day to day, because you honestly wouldn't even spare a thought for it unless its taken away from you. I probably would've cried big, suffocating sobs into my pillow and regret the fact that i didn't stop to think of how important it is to me. How important it is to be able to walk around freely, to pick up things, to bend down and tie your shoelace, to greet good morning to your parents, to be able to plug earphones into your ear and listen to the songs on shuffle on your iPod. To be able to raise your arm and wave to your next door neighbour and look at the blue, blue sky with puffy clouds, then settle down with a scrumptiously thick book and read to your heart's desire. We never know how much these simple acts of everyday things we do means to us as human beings, these everyday, natural things, and we never really thought of how much it actually impacts out lives.
I don't want to regret not being thankful for these attributes blessed upon me. It is a blessing to carry out tasks that as supposedly normal and easy to do, because honestly, if one day somehow our muscles fails on us, it doesn't seem as easy as we perceived it to be. I'm grateful for a fully functional body, that i'm able to walk and run and talk and laugh and eat and hear and see things happening around me, and i really couldn't imagine myself any other way.
So, i don't know what i would've done if i had been placed under the circumstance of discovering that my limbs are no longer functional, or that suddenly i can't hear my own voice or even speak, but i'm not gonna regret not being thankful for what God has given me thus far.
I don't know what i would've done. If i lost any of the abilities above, abilities that we tend to take for granted as we continue living day to day, because you honestly wouldn't even spare a thought for it unless its taken away from you. I probably would've cried big, suffocating sobs into my pillow and regret the fact that i didn't stop to think of how important it is to me. How important it is to be able to walk around freely, to pick up things, to bend down and tie your shoelace, to greet good morning to your parents, to be able to plug earphones into your ear and listen to the songs on shuffle on your iPod. To be able to raise your arm and wave to your next door neighbour and look at the blue, blue sky with puffy clouds, then settle down with a scrumptiously thick book and read to your heart's desire. We never know how much these simple acts of everyday things we do means to us as human beings, these everyday, natural things, and we never really thought of how much it actually impacts out lives.
I don't want to regret not being thankful for these attributes blessed upon me. It is a blessing to carry out tasks that as supposedly normal and easy to do, because honestly, if one day somehow our muscles fails on us, it doesn't seem as easy as we perceived it to be. I'm grateful for a fully functional body, that i'm able to walk and run and talk and laugh and eat and hear and see things happening around me, and i really couldn't imagine myself any other way.
So, i don't know what i would've done if i had been placed under the circumstance of discovering that my limbs are no longer functional, or that suddenly i can't hear my own voice or even speak, but i'm not gonna regret not being thankful for what God has given me thus far.
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