“Life’s a bitch.”

That would be the world’s way of saying that life on earth is imperfect and filled with trials and tribulations; where things usually do not go the way we like or planned it to be.

Human beings are constantly trying to simplify their lives. No matter with technology (think: Blackberry and other multi-tasking devices) or with their thought life. We seem to have an “Either-or” mentality. It involves us thinking in only one direction, believing that there can only be ONE answer to things in life. Consider the tussle between Science and Religion: which is the more accurate explanation to life? It is indeed a handful and each option seems to be as appealing as the other. But who ever told us we had to choose just one? Why can’t both options be the truth?

It is the oxymoron that contains the most truth; the ideas that go east and west at the same time.

We think that the questions above are made of conflicting ideas but as mind-boggling as it sounds, these “conflicting” ideas actually have complementary effects on each other. What Science cannot account for, Religion does. The scientists believe in the Big Bang, the supposed force which exploded us all into being. But till today, this is just a theory. Religion however, fills this gap: The Elohim God created the Earth and Universe. Instead of seeing them as separate and mutually exclusive entities, we should start stretching our minds to contain the oxymoron of life.

True freedom is controlled freedom. A kite without a string can fly freely, soaring high in the sky. But it is directionless, and subjected to the elements. What retrains it actually saves the kite from itself. Control is like the string when we are the kites. The blemish in the human race almost guarantees that we destroy all things meant for good. The total freedom to do what is “right” for one may be wrong to another, because it is so much based on personal choice. Freedom then becomes a tussle of the level of influence and impact of the individual choices. Then the essence of “true” freedom does not lie in the right to do whatever we want because it results in chaos. Rather, it is the knowledge of such a thing as “choosing not to”, and restraint that results in liberty. The oxymoron is at work again.

Even Jesus teaches the oxymoron that “the way up is the way down”, the way to greatness is through servanthood. All this may be confusing but when we are reminded that this Earth and its ways are created by God, whose “thoughts are higher than our thoughts” (Isaiah 55:9), everything come to light. We cannot fathom the oxymoron simply because we do not have His mind, yet. The beauty is that it is not impossible to attain that “higher” thought life. While in awe of His almighty wisdom, there should too be a longing to want to attain it.

Because life would then make sense, in its oxymoronic way. :)