BITTERNESS
Perhaps we've experienced at least once in our lifetime being wronged by others. Maybe we have been wronged intentionally or unintentionally. Nevertheless we feel wronged.May nagawa ang tao sa atin, sinadya man o hindi, pero nagdusa tayo. And we feel bad about this When such things happen, we can have only two reactions. One is to forgive, and the other one is not to forgive and then be bitter about it for a long time. Or even worse, to feel bitter all your life. Bitterness can destroy aperson's relationship to God, with his fellowmen, and even himself.
That's why bitterness is a thief that rob us of happiness.
Ano ba yung "bitter"? Alam na natin yan-usually to be bitter is accompanied by severe pain or suffering. To have a bitter life, to have a bitter memory, to have a bitter lifestyle is marked by cynicism, by contempt, by a lot of resentment, by grief and often, a of regret.
Objects of Our
Bitterness
The Primary object of bitterness is the person who had wronged us.
Persons who have caused us harm, however unintentional. Minsan, bitter na bitter tayo sa isang tao, dahil may nagawa siyang mali sa atin sometime in the past. Noong kayo'y grade three may isa kayong tita na kurot nang kurot sa inyo. Hanggang ngayon pag nakikita mo siya'y kumukulo ang dugo mo. Naiinis ka sa kanya kasi nandoon ang bitterness. Siguro, naging mahigpit ang nanay. May mga taong bitter sa sariling nanay. May mga taong bitter sa kanilang tatay kasi madalas itong lasing. Lagi silang natatakot pag dumarating na ang tatay nila. There are people who are very bitter about this and that because they have been wronged in the past.
Or we feel bitter about people who get what we don't have. Gustong-gusto natin ang mga bagay na ito pero bakit nasa kanya lagi? Gusto nating maging sikat pero bakit siya yung sikat? Gusto nating maging mayaman pero siya yung ang yaman-yaman. Kahit anong gawin natin, mahirap parin tayo at mayaman siya. "Lagi na lang siya ang may honor sa school. Lagi na lang siya ang nakakakuha na maid og honor. Lagi na lang siya ang sikat, pero ako'y hindi na makuha," sabi natin. Naiingit tayo. And we feel bitter. Yung tao naman ay walang kamalay-malay na bitter na pala tayo sa kanya.
When such a habit of bitterness continues, and then becomes an ongoing pattern of life, ones becomes bitter toward humanity as a whole. Yung galit tayo sa mundo. There's not one particular person pero sa lahat ay inis tayo. Sa kaunting bagay ay galit na tayo at hindi tayo makapag-forgive. When something goes wrong, you think the whole world is crumbling and falling apart. All because you have this bitterness about life in general. It comes from a hard and consistently painful life na sinasabi mo, "Ganito ang nangyari noon. Ganyan ang mangyayari in the future. Niliko ako ng limang tao. Itong darating na ito'y manloloko parin yan. Sinaktan ako nitong mga pinsan kong ito. Yung magiging mga kaibigan ko'y sasaktan uli ako ng mga yan." Ang mangyayari'y galit tayo sa buong mundo. May mga taong ganun-galit sa mundo at pinapalaki ang maliliit na bagay.
There's another object of bitterness which, of course, must never be but somehow happens to be-God. May mga taong nagtatampo sa Dios. Nagagalit sa kanya na bakit hindi siya naging long-legged. Sa halip ay naging bow-legged pa. "Bakit ba naman ganito ang Dios? Hindi tuloy ako makasali sa beauty contest. Kahit hindi ako nakasakay sa kabayo, nakasakang ako." Maraming tao na galit sa Dios. "Bakit ganito ang balat ko? Bakit ganito ang paa ko?" Etcetera, etcetera. And we become very bitter. Wala nang mapagtampuhang iba kung hindi ang Dios na mismong Manlilikha.
• When such a habit of bitterness continues, and then becomes an ongoing pattern of life, one becomes bitter toward humanity as a whole.
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