We complain a lot. We regret it if something doesn’t go the way we want. We are dissatisfied with the blessings that we receive every day, and we do not realize that to value the sun the storm is necessary.
If everything were the way we want, we wouldn’t stop to give value to anything. We would go through life just seeing how beautiful it is without noticing that it is; enjoying the silence without realizing the peace it generates; enjoying the perfect without knowing that there is a divine hand that provides it… In short, if we do not have the counterpart of the good, we would not appreciate it as such.
Fabulously satisfied
Convinced that, as Maridalia Hernández’s song says: “To love my freedom you have to lock yourself in my prison,” I went to a fabulous city where people know how to face their struggles and celebrate their victories. He doesn’t live just to laugh. He knows that tears are also the fruit of emotions and that every human being must experience them, not only out of sadness, but also out of joy.
There they know that, behind suffering, another sensation can come that gives peace, stillness and allows them to enjoy the warmth of a brighter sun.
The good and the not so good
In that fabulous city, residents maintain a balance between the lessons left by the storms and the wonders provided by the sun.
That is why for them both things are part of the gifts they receive from the Lord. With their actions they show that when something comes that they understand is not so good, they accept it and assume it, aware that after that they will have a greater appreciation for the rays of the sun in their life.
Return
I was so shocked to return from that fabulous place, especially in this time when people only want to feel the brilliance of the sun, never feel the storm nearby.
In fact, on social media it seems that way. In his life everything is beautiful, radiant, fabulous… as if nothing clouds the happiness he feels in the face of so much well-being.
Faced with this situation, I ask myself a question: Will they be evaluating this contrast in its proper dimension? Because really, it is necessary that we know both states to know what their impact is on us and how we can react to it.
Let’s do the exercise of closing our eyes and imagining that we are in the middle of the storm, to see what sensation we feel.
And then, let’s open them and enjoy the intense sun that radiates on our faces. We will see that without a doubt, we will learn to appreciate how beautiful he is.
