Beautiful Disaster...

The title, yes creative...but I plagiarized it from Kelly Clarkson's "Beautiful Disaster" ballad. A sweet tune I tell you, talks about a lovelorn girl expressing the darkness in her heart because she feels her prince is wallowing in a world that's threatening to tear them apart. However, she holds on to the pain, tears and laughter and bears it for so long, in the hope that things will look up someday. As Kelly churns out this smooth ballad, you can almost feel the emotions and pain in her voice.
I can't help but think, how different are we from that lovelorn girl? How many times do we hold onto things or people that we love, yet know all too well that these lead to a bottomless pit of self-destruction? As I reflect upon Kelly's deep lyrics, I am reminded of the greedy hyena story, which I believe most of us encountered at some point in our lives..the story simply talks about a hyena who received invites to two parties which were taking place simultaneously. Unfortunately they were located in villages that were far apart from each other and he, being ambitious enough thought that he could attend them both. The roads leading to both villages branched from each other and hyena tried to walk on both paths simultaneously but fell apart and died, hence the swahili proverb, "Njia mbili zilimshinda fisi"
It's funny how many similarities we have with this "fisi", in a subtle kind of way though. The reason I say this is that there are times in life that people clutch on to things n people so tightly, only seeing the surface beauty,but the real disaster comes when what we thought to be so beautiful crushes us and makes almost want to fall apart and break down because of all the pain, disappointment and misery.
Lesson? Look beyond the present, see the bigger picture and hope for the best. Be happy, live right and do everything it may take to make the world a better place. Above all, strive to please God in all you do, and though there may be rainy days, the joy inside you will overflow and the calm he gives cannot be found from mortal man or inanimate things of the world...when all is said and done, "Beautiful Disasters" will be things of the past!!!