Tragedies. They are unexpected and devastating. But we never think they will happen to
us. We hear about them every day on the
news. About how those people just went
to work and the next thing they knew, plane was crashing through the
building. Or, how those children just
went to school ready for another average day, when some of them, watched their
friends be shot dead. But the parents of
the kids who died never could have guessed that by sending their child to
school that day, would be the last time they saw their child’s precious smile,
or little feet that carried them into the death trap. They never would have guessed that this
tragedy could happen to them.
It’s not fair. It’s not fair that some people have to suffer
more pain than others. But that’s the
way life is; not fair. All the pain that
ended lives, never died. Instead, it
haunted every person who ever knew the victim.
It drags the tears down their face, it rips their heart to shreds. But there is no way to avoid them. No way to protect yourself from all
harm. No way to be certain that a
tragedy won’t happen to you.
What would our life be without
tragedies? Everyone would think it would
be better. Yet, tragedies teach us
things we could not learn without them.
We take everything for granted and without tragedies, we would never
learn to love the ordinary. To realize
how blessed we really are. That
everything we have is good. That we get
to be around the people we love, and we better love them while we can because
tragedies don’t have mercy for anyone; not even innocent children who just went
to school like any other day.
