There are some events in life that make one agree with King Solomon that the pursuits of this life can really be an empty experience or vanity as he puts it. Many a time have I craved for material things that have held a false promise of absolute bliss only to smack you in the face with an anti-climax.
You look at how we toil and plan and scheme for a 'better' life and you wonder whether this is not just another foolhardy attempt at futility. The most disheartening part of life is its ending...it is such a difficult thought for both participants and spectators alike. For the sake of this piece, let us imagine that the participants are those whose time is nigh and the spectators are the ones whose time is not so nigh. Of course everybody can be one or both at the same time considering the obvious fact that nobody knows their time maybe save for those planning on cutting short their stay on our humble planet or those on death row...
For most people, accepting the reality that dying is as natural a process as being born would not be such a difficult matter to accept only that the next stage is really what bothers people. The age old question of where do we go from here is as important and difficult today as it has ever been. We all wonder whether after toiling in life, living very diverse lifestyles some very responsible and useful to society at large; others very selfish and egocentric and yet others downright useless, it all ends up in a heap of calcium and organic manure.
The only meaningful answer to this question lies in faith, the only difference is where one goes and why. I know that there are a lot of people who believe that it all ends here and now...that we all become raw material or fodder in the grand cycle of life otherwise referred to as the Ecosystem.
I on the other hand have decided to believe that there is heaven where people who have believed in the Lord Jesus will be rewarded after living a lifestyle that is consistent with his teachings.
We all choose what to believe...it's just too hard for me to believe that a productive life just ends in a chasm.
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