The Blessings of Bitter Mercy: Part III (Oblivion)

The Third Blessing: Death

Death! Ah, death! The ultimate escape from reality. Too bad we don’t live to enjoy it! In a way, it is the fastest way to escape, but also the one choice you don’t even want to think about. We all fear death. Why is that? Is it because of our material and emotional attachments to this world? Do we fear our own death, or the death of others whom we love? The answers to these questions vary from person to person. Death is frightening in the sense that everyone wants to live life to the fullest, and that means enjoying the joys and bearing the sorrows that come along with it. Death is also frightening because if we loose someone we love, it hurts us emotionally. So indeed, it is a bad thing…relatively speaking. But you can’t deny that it is the ultimate blessing of bitter mercy, and the blessing lives up to its name, as it is indeed bitter!

So here we have them, the blessings of bitter mercy. Why call them so? They are blessings, as they offer some respite from the troubles of life. They are full of mercy, as they mercifully help us humans in escaping reality. But they are indeed bitter, for not all of us are willing to accept them, because along with their usefulness, they also harm us in ways we don’t want…relatively speaking.

Do we really want these blessings? They are here to offer respite from life. But why is life so bad? Have we humans made it bad? Life is full of physical and emotional traumas. Is there anyway to get rid of these without accepting the blessings? Many problems are such that we can’t get rid off. Other problems we can if we wanted to, but we inadvertently choose not too. Are we really to blame? Maybe, maybe not. But the blessings are here for those who want them, and for the rest, life will go on as it chooses too, and the choices are not ours to make.

Phew...thats it for the blessings !! My sincerest apologies for any unforseen morbidity this three part series might have implied, and which, in turn, might have upset or offended any reader !!! =) If anyone has anything to say about, please, let yourself be heard (or in this case, read !!) !!