Beep...beep...beep...beep...beep!
I can hear that sound, but it is coming from afar...
I keep wandering in this unknown and quiet place that looks like a white background tunnel with no end...
I can still hear the beeping sound of my heartbeat coming from an electrocardiogram machine...
What is happening to me?
Why can't I move my body?
Where am I?
Who are those people crying?
Oh No! Am I dying?
Somebody wake me up...I need to wake up...
HELP ME! HELP ME!! HELP ME!!!
Amid the chaos, we can never hear that cry of a lost soul crying for help.
At that moment, we are there trying to revive the body of that child, a mother, a father, a friend, or an unknown person whom the doctor has confirmed dead to us. It feels just like a bad dream happening right in front of us. None of us can accept the bad news and hope the doctor just comes back to say, "That was a mistake; she is doing just fine".
Maybe a Miracle happens!
A lost soul is someone who simply cannot function in society for several reasons. A person who sees no sense in things. The reasons for one being this way can vary from the loss of a loved one, the loss of a sense of purpose, losing the job that you love, or simply because you have grown into such a person that you feel you can't quite fit in anymore.
Life is full of so many lost souls who are hoping to be heard either dead or alive.
We go about our own lives and business every single day we wake up, doing the usual routine, going to work, going to the gym, taking the kids to school, attending meetings, having lunch with friends, going on dates, and the list goes on. Do we ever take a moment to find out what is going on around us or in the lives of the people we relate with every day?
An innocent child being bullied in school would like to tell someone so he can be saved from those ill-mannered children...
A man going through a tough time at work is hoping that won't be his last day or he won't give up on that dream job...
A woman with kids who thinks she is fat just because her husband and friends say so...
A lady who wishes that relationship or marriage would never end after several trials and wasted years. Yet, that man is seeing her to be unworthy...
Looking at our own lives to be perfect is just a lie we tell ourselves in the mirror if we don't have a hint of kindness reflected in us. No matter how made or settled you are, your lack of compassion and empathy disqualifies you from being perfect.
At any opportunity we get, we see other people not doing well around us or asking for help, to be so unfortunate, just because we believe that circumstance or situation should have been avoided if they had done this or that. It is worse when they try asking for your help and you grudgingly respond or decline. We avoid them like a plague so we don't get infected by their disease or problems.
Meanwhile, that little time you spend hearing their problem counts. That love you can give shows you care. That short phone call you make to find a solution is lifesaving. That connection or contact you share could be the breakthrough they need. That confrontation or prayer you make for them could shut the mouths of the wicked ones. That advice you give could make a life change and better. That help you render could put a smile on someone's face. These are more rewarding than the part you play when the situation has gone bad and irredeemable.
Without empathy and compassion, our pursuit of perfection is nothing more than a facade. It's a reminder that true beauty and perfection come from within and that our character and heart are what truly define us.
And when the worst happens...
We hear the loud cries of the child, the shouts from a parent, the yelling from a colleague, the abuse from a husband or wife, the fights from a household, the breakup from a partner and the screams of losing someone.
Those listening ears would become active when it is too late and nothing can be done to reverse the situation...
Could this have been avoided?