LIFE IS UNPREDICTABLE — THINK TWICE BEFORE YOU WISH SOMEONE DOWNFALL
Life is truly unpredictable. Sometimes, people become so eager to take over what does not belong to them that they forget one important truth: nobody knows what the next second will bring. Some people assume that because someone is older, they will die first. But life does not work that way. There is wisdom in the saying that an old tree may continue to stand while a young tree falls. Age alone does not determine who will leave this world first. The young may fall before the old, and tomorrow is never guaranteed to anyone. As children, family members, loved ones, friends, and neighbors, we should never wish for another person’s downfall, especially when that person has done nothing wrong to us. Yes, when someone hurts us or our family, pain and anger can lead us to say things we might not otherwise say. Human beings feel pain. But there is a difference between reacting to someone’s wrongdoing and deliberately plotting evil against an innocent person simply because of jealousy, envy,...