QUICKSAND IN LIFE

REFLECTION 

BY MARIA A MALDONADO

LEARNING HOW TO ESCAPE FROM QUICKSAND TAUGHT ME THAT DUE TO ITS COMPONENTS, IT IS ACTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO GET DROWNED BY IT. ISN'T THAT AMAZING! THE PROBLEM BEGINS WHEN WE PANICKED.

IF WE REMAIN STILL, THE QUICKSAND WILL ONLY BE ABLE TO PUSH US DOWN UNTIL OUR WAISTLINE. WHY? BECAUSE QUICKSAND IS COMPOSED OF FINE SAND, SALT WATER, AND CLAY.  WE, HUMANS, ACTUALLY FLOW IN IT. 

HERE'S THE THING! YOU CANNOT SINK YOUR ARMS BECAUSE ITS VISCOSITY WILL TRAP YOU DOWN, IMPEDING YOU TO MOVE.  BUT INSTEAD, IF YOU KEEP YOUR ARMS UP, AND MOVE YOUR LEGS FORMING A TRIANGLE FROM INSIDE TO OUTSIDE, YOU WILL ALLOW SALTY WATER TO DRIP IN AND HELP YOU LOOSE YOUR LEGS. THEN, YOU BEND YOUR BACK TO LIE ON THE TOP OF THE SURFACE OF THE QUICKSAND. MOVING YOUR HANDS BACKWARDS, LIKE IF YOU WERE SWIMMING,  GET YOURSELF OUT OF THE QUICKSAND LITTLE BY LITTLE. NOBODY CAN ASSIST YOU.  YOU HAVE TO DO IT YOURSELF. 

PRECISELY THERE IS THE INSIGHT! YOU, AND ONLY YOU, CAN GET YOURSELF OUT OF THE QUICKSAND.  THE QUICKSAND IN ANOTHER LEVEL CAN BE THE PROBLEM, THE DEPRESSION, THE DARK DAY... IT REQUIRES YOU TO BE CALMED.  THEN, YOU NEED TO FOLLOW A STRATEGY, AND LAST YOU MUST EMBRACE PATIENCE.

THAT IS EXACTLY HOW MATTERS ARE IN LIFE.  WE MAKE A QUICKSAND ABOUT ALMOST EVERY ISSUE IN OUR LIFE.  THAT IS WHY SOMETIMES WE DEEPENED INTO OUR SORROWS UNTIL WE LOSE PERSPECTIVE. WE FORGET TO MAKE STOPS TO MEDITATE ABOUT OUR CIRCUMSTANCES.  IT IS PRECISELY THROUGH MEDITATION THAT WE CAN FIND ANSWERS TO OUR ISSUES- INSIDE OUT. WE NEED TO LISTEN TO OUR INNER VOICE, WHICH FOR MANY MAY COME FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES, BUT MINE COMES FROM GOD.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, THIS EXPLAINS WHY SALVATION IS INDIVIDUAL. NO ONE CAN SAVE YOU, BUT YOU. YOU NEED TO WORK YOUR WAY TO HEAVEN YOURSELF.  HOW? -WITH TRUE EFFORT.  YOU MUST MAKE CHOICES THAT LEAD YOU TO HIS PRESENCE. PRACTICE STRATEGIES THAT WILL ENABLE YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE BLIBLE. LEARN ABOUT GOD'S MERCY AND REDEMPTION THROUGH  PRAYERS THAT WILL LEAD YOU TO HIS UNCONDITIONAL LOVE. YOU MUST EXPERIENCE GOD.