Success is not the point

The point is that we keep at the task, we keep trying.  

We live in a world ruled by power and control, where the aim is to be the one who succeeds, the one who is on top.  The reality is that we are imperfect beings in an imperfect world.  If I have learnt anything, it is that we cannot truly appreciate the strength of our humanity, until we first appreciate our vulnerability and weakness.  It is then knowing our fragility that we can assume our strength.  

This relfects how we live life in the midst of a paradox.  I looked up the word "paradox", and it is explained as -

"a statement or propisition that, despite sound reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless or self-contradictory".  

The challenge is that we keep being true to ourselves, doing the right thing, being good, for no other reason than that is who we are meant to be, as people created by a good and loving God.  Sometimes this just makes no sense in the midst of a life filled with difficulty and suffering or when surrounded by pure evil.  

In life, I have also learnt that we don't just assume the goodness of humanity, for until we appreciate the evil within us and not just in the world, we cannot fully stand up for the goodness of humanity and live that goodness.  This reflects that we are part of the basic struggle between good and evil, not divorced from it.  Thus we partake in the greatness and goodness of humanity.  

Going back to where I begun, we keep living the good fight not because we succeed in our daily endeavours, but becasue we know who we are and know the truth of human existence, that God is with us, as we are, and for a purpose.  So we just keep going, as believers in the the Kingdom of God, here and now, a kingdom immersed in our reality, as it is.  Life can get messy, but that is okay.