The Irony of life

in life •  7 years ago  (edited)

Life is full of Irony. We long for happiness, but we keep holding on to what caused us pains. 

Most times, we walk ourselves into our own sorrows.

We want to be successful, but we continue doing things that kept us where we are. 

We want the one we love to love us back, but we shy away from loving the ones who love us. 

We cry for equity, but we show preferential treatment when given the opportunity. 

We want to be forgiven, but we haven't truly forgiven. 

We crucify them when they are with us, but they become our messiah when they are gone. 

We are just humans with similar traits. 

We crave for a piece of shit just because we don't have it. And we neglect values because they are in our possession. 

We preach peace and fairness when we are not being fair ourselves. 

We cry because they don't love us enough, but we make other people cry for the same reason. 

We just want to blame another person. We want to see their faults and weaknesses. We point accusing fingers. But you know what? Each time you point a finger at anyone, three point back at you. 

Life is full of inexplicable circumstances. 

Don't blame! Don't accuse! Don't judge! Don't criticize! Don't crucify! 

If you see me, oh no, when you see them, when you see just anyone doing wrong, correct in love. I repeat, correct in love. Don't claim holier than thou. 

Learn to value what you have. The glittering diamond you're craving for could be only a piece of shit nicely wrapped. Do unto others as you would  want people to do unto you. 

Yet in all these, I  see the good guys suffering. I see con men and brutes triumphing. I hear, it is good to be good, but I see the opposite happening. 

My heart is greatly troubled within. I met more advanced men to tell me why it is so. They kept telling me stories of posterity. Do I really care about what happens when I am gone? They said I should do good and never expect a reward. Oh! I don't expect one. But I am only human. When I see my sacrifices being neglected. It hurts. 

When I see I could have made myself happier, but I chose to sacrifice it for others, and at the end, my efforts are unappreciated, I get pained. Is this another Irony of life? I choose pain over happiness in the name of making sacrifices for humanity? 

Oh! This life is full of Irony. 

But one thing is certain, karma is a bitch! There is always a seed time and a harvest time. Do I have to rejoice over this? I am not without sin. He that is without sin should cast the first stone! 

Get it clear, I don't want to judge you. I also don't want you to judge me. I just want us to tolerate, love and respect one another irrespective of our flaws. 

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•The irony of life is like a brothel without prostitutes--but don't you worry, prostitutes don't need of a brothel, to exercise their profession.” ... “I came to understand the most intriguing irony of life, that the most intimate partner of life is death

°We want the one we love to love us back, but we shy away from loving the ones who love us.

I feel like crying right now... @ogoowinner you've really captured my heart with this post.. Life is really ironic!

...and it takes darkness to see how brightly light shines

Life is beautiful because of these flaws as the light of our humanity shines bright in the darkness as we show love, care and patience.

Thank you for sharing

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Not everyone is going to be happy for you, you can't please everyone.. Once your conscience is clear, you're good. Nice piece up there. I'm just a newbie and I hope to read more beautiful posts from you. I am @oyetoyosi

Wow.. Amazing writeup. Indeed, we live in the irony of life, but we made these ironies ourselves. If only we can learn to appreciate what we have, love and treat others with respect, then this life would be beautiful.

Wow! Is there anything more to add? One thing I like is you don't absorb yourself of blame which is good, we are all fallible one way or the other. Life is just fun when you realise this . Stay blessed.

.... I just want us to tolerate ourselves Nobody can be perfect, we just have to tolerate everyone.... I'm always happy to read from you.

Humm, This life is full of Irony. This message sent a deep message.

I just want us to tolerate, love and respect one another irrespective of our flaws.
Thanks, for this piece

Tell me the name the place and whereabout of the person that hurt you today, am gonna find and bring them to book babeboo.

Hahahaha! It's you.

🤤😢😭Meeeee?

Judging anything makes us so choosy that we don't even want to do simple things in life it will take us nowhere too we rather adopt with the change

Reading your post made me think of this post by Dan.

Why do we fight to change the world

What are we working toward and why does it matter? How do we get there? Should we give up comforts today in pursuit of an elusive utopia that we hope to bring about? These are the questions that need to be answered and understood at a deep level if we actually want to change the world. Will changing the world actually make our life better? Wouldn’t it simply be easier to just make as much money as we can, have as much fun as possible, and take the easiest road? Why bother with anything that could bring unnecessary pain and suffering with little probability of reward?
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My mission is a dangerous mission. If I am successful I will make enemies in the highest places of violent power. My very life is at risk the moment I discover any solution that is perceived as a real threat.

Changing the world is a mission that is bigger than any one person. It requires building a new social structure that binds all of society together in a non-violent way. It requires persuading a sufficiently large minority to organize an effective non-violent resistance to government violence. In short, it requires convincing people to take on some of the same risks I face.

https://steemit.com/liberty/@teamsteem/thank-you-dan-larimer-you-are-a-great-mentor

Yeah! You made me start reading about Dan, and I have discovered he has some of the ideologies of life I believe in as well.

The world is largely structured in such a way that it takes only a courageous mind to resist following the present structure.

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