Just Open Your Eyes

The whole time I was reading this, the song, "Life is Beautiful" by Sixx:AM kept repeating in my head. It is, in my opinion, one of the more inspirational songs that I have ever heard. The song was written after a member of the band got addicted and one of his friends passed away from an overdose. He finally realized that life has greater meaning then sitting around and getting hooked on drugs every day. The lyrics are incredibly powerful.

"You can't quit until you try. You can't live until you die.

You can't learn to tell the truth until you learn to lie.

You can't breathe until you choke. You gotta laugh when you're the joke.

There's nothing like a funeral to make you feel alive.

Just open your eyes.

Just open your eyes and see that life is beautiful.

Would you swear on your life that no one will cry at my funeral?"

That is only the first verse and chorus. The words are true. We need to suffer in order to live. If everything was perfect then there would be no need for life. We grow and learn through our experiences. Suffering is painful and it is not easy, but there is also a sense of empowerment after the suffering has ended. Suffering will not end until we each pass into the kingdom of God where we will live eternally in Heaven where there is no suffering or pain. But our suffering and pain helps us to grow and find our purposes. It took the suffering of an entire country during September 11th for my cousin to find his calling in the army. Sometimes suffering is what pushes us to reach our full potential. I got my final push to be a veterinarian when I had to hold my beloved cat's head together in the car as we rushed to the emergency vet. It hurt me deeply to see my cat on the verge of falling into death. We do not suffer just to hurt. We suffer because we need it to help us realize the deeper meanings in life.

P.S. I commented on His Beloved's post, What is the "Meaning of life"