YESTERDAY, you were crying your heart out over all the frustrations you encountered in life. Today, you are smiling as if nothing has ever hurt you, beginning to forget the pain that almost drowned you.
Unthinkable but true.
You always win in the competitions you join, but the moment you doubled your effort to secure your victory, you lost. You cannot fathom what went wrong, yet it still happened.
Unthinkable but true.
You prepared for a college course aimed at your dream job. You graduated with good grades — not necessarily with honors — but you struggled to find a job until you landed one you never considered. You had no choice.
Unthinkable but true.
You fell in love with someone and made promises to be together one day. However, you began to notice that the greetings faded, the “I love yous” disappeared, and the promises were forgotten.
Unthinkable but true.
You detest the person that most others adore. You cannot understand why they admire someone you dislike, believing your reasons are valid. Yet, in some moments, you slowly begin to become the person you despise most.
Unthinkable but true.
You possess the qualities to be admired, yet people hate you despite your kindness and sincerity. You often appear indifferent, and others resent your intelligence and achievements.
Unthinkable but true.
You are a diligent taxpayer, yet as a working professional, you do not receive assistance simply because you are earning an income. Those who benefit from government support, often the poor, seem to have no desire to work because they expect the government to provide for them, while you struggle tirelessly.
Unthinkable but true.
The government prioritizes helping the poor, providing them with shelter and basic needs, while the working class, who strive to make ends meet on low salaries, cannot even afford low-cost housing.
Unthinkable but true.
People who frequently attend church and share religious and motivational quotes are often the first to condemn the flaws of others. They shout, curse, and make others feel less important.
Unthinkable but true.
These are some of the paradoxes of life. We do not need to find answers to the complexities of life; we only need to embrace them. We must find our balance and understand that contradictions can embody a meaningful whole.
Let us learn from these famous paradoxes:
The more you hate a trait in someone else, the more likely you are to avoid it in yourself. The more you try to impress people, the less impressed they will be. The more you fail, the more likely you are to succeed.
The more you learn, the more you realize how little you truly know. The harder you push for something, the more difficult it becomes to achieve. The more accessible something is, the less you desire it.
And most importantly, the only certainty is that nothing is ever certain.