Life is a burden

Life is a burden. We just came to being and had to live. Life was thrusted on us by others. They ensured we survived in the early stages of our lives. As newborns, we were their hope and the future they could look forward to. As children, we were their responsibility and they ensured we lived. When we attained self awareness, they placed on us the responsibility of living. At that time, the questions began to come into the mind as follows; Why am I here? Where did I come from? Who am I? etc.

Life is a burden thrusted on us with a bundle of tools to work with. We had to figure out our identity and which tools are available to work with as we walked through life. Initially we sought for answers without. Others who had the advantage of time by coming ahead of us tried to lend us of their own wisdom. For a while we soaked up all they had to give but it was clear that there were still more questions in our hearts. Likewise there were answers we were not satisfied with. For many, as we grew up, we became introspective by seeking for answers from within. We felt, there should be answers from within. There must be something unique about us, something new we brought to this world which we must draw out from within.

To help us cope with this burden, God ensured we were born into a family. The family is meant to ensure that the newborn is nurtured until he/she can cope with the responsibility of living. A cluster of families stay together as a community to ensure survival and interdependence. To be a valuable part of the family/community demands from us the responsibility to live productive lives. Refusal to be productive makes you a burden to others while inabilities make you a necessary burden. Thus, the family or community is meant to nurture you up into being productive until you can produce enough not only for yourself but to sustain others. Failure to live up to expectations on either part creates problems for individuals as well as the commonwealth.

 What about the tools? These primarily include our brain and our senses, all toggled together into intelligence, which is now being clarified into emotional intelligence, financial intelligence and academic intelligence. We have evolved to realise not all men can be cast into a mould. Society has constantly tried to define boundaries and set limits but life has continually blessed humanity with those who would break the limits. These ones are non-conformists as they grow up because they think outside the box. Many of these have been a plus to our world by setting up new trends and opening up new possibilities while others have been a deterrent causing mayhem and a lot of havoc.

Life is a burden thrusted on you. A responsibility to bear and deep in our hearts, we are being held accountable for how we spend each day and each passing moment. How well are you performing?

Some get overwhelmed with this burden and the struggles involved such that they despair and decide to end it all. Others get confused about their identity, purpose and ideals. They end up going round in circles. Ultimately, except we remain children, we will have to take responsibility for our lives regardless of what roles others might have played in it.

So, wake up, take responsibility for your life. There’s so much to do! There’s a lot to accomplish. You have a responsibility to carry your own burden. The burden of life sometimes becomes heavy and we struggle to hold on yet there are times it is light and we trump along with delight. We learn how to handle each situation as it comes because except we die, we must continue living.

How to cope with the burden of life?

1. Develop the right attitude. Life in actual sense is how you see it. For example, you can choose to see life as an opportunity for triumph, a challenge to bring out the best out of you and a journey that will end with joy. Doing this can make every heavy burden which felt like a bag of stone become as light as a bag of feathers. Positive thinking has brought out the best out of life all the time.
2. Never walk alone. While we all have our lives to live, God has placed us among people. No one is meant to be in isolation. we must learn to help carry one another’s burden as we trudge along. The worst way to live is to feel lonely in a crowd. Instead, get out of your shell and look out for someone you can give a smile.
3. Never give up. Those who never gave up oftentimes ended well.
4. Stop repeating the same action if you want a different result.
5. Seek counsel, read books, maximize the times and never stop learning new things.
6. You can add yours by giving comments below.

More importantly, Is the burden of life becoming too heavy for you and you really don’t know what to do. I know of one way to receive rest.

“Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” – Jesus Christ of Nazareth

Matthew 11:28-30 (the bible)