Tuesday 30 October 2012

THE IRONY OF EXPECTATIONS by Obinna E. C. Ebirim


Once upon a time, a well known painter was finishing his painting. It’s an incredibly beautiful painting. The painter was consumed by and excited with his own painting that he unconsciously started taking steps backward to admire it from different distances. He didn’t look back when he walked backward. He kept on walking backward until it was a step away from the edge of the tall building. Just one more step backward and he could get himself killed.
A man saw what the painter was doing and was about to shout at him to warn him but he then realized that his shout might have surprised the painter and thus make him take one step backward and fell down.
The man then took a brush and paint and began to paint on the beautiful painting until it was completely damaged.
 As he started, the painter started running forward towards his painting. The painter got very angry and moved forward to hit the man. However, some other people who were also present at the vicinity held him and showed him his last position which almost made him fall.
 Sometimes we have painted our future with such beauty and dreamed of beautiful days we will spend with our loved one. But then God seemed to destroy our beautiful painting when He sees what danger lies ahead of us. At such, we become angry and annoyed by what God has done to us. But one thing we have to keep in mind is this: God provides only the best for us, his children. Always expect the best.
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