Life is complicated. Life is not fair. How many times have I heard those same lines from all kinds of people? How many times have I said those lines myself? How many times until I stop hearing them play again and again in my head like a cheesy Mexican telenovela?
Indeed, life is complicated and not fair, at least for those who do not understand it; for those who do, life can play out to be quite simple. It is a matter of understanding that, whereas the expected relationship should be that of sowing what you have planted, the secret of good farming lies in being mindful of the possibility that sometimes the seeds can be good, the soil can be perfect and the care might be the best, but there might be no fruits. Factors that the farmer cannot control will inevitably affect his crops. All that there is to do is to work hard and to hope for the best.
We must recognize that sometimes our efforts are not enough. We must have faith. We must be diligent, tenacious and determined, but most of all, we must trust, not in the fruits of our work, but in our capacity to start over. Let us then reconsider our role and concentrate not in worldly success or status, nor in the collection of goods or the growth of fortunes, but in the only growth that should matter: that of our soul.
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