Reality Strike- we’re descendants of Adam & Eve’s punishment

Amna shoaib
3 min readJul 23, 2022

We are a symbolic representation of God’s wrath on Adam and Eve. Life is God’s punishment to Adam and Eve on falling for Satan’s scam. It all started with Adam, Eve and Iblees and how he tricked them, tempted them into disobeying God, how Eve motivated Adam to make a go for the apple on the tree. We are merely descendants getting punished for our ancestors incorrigible mistake. Life is a scam. It was borne out of a scam.

Throughout our lives, we learn how one way or the other we’ll be scammed-intentionally, unintentionally by those who genuinely love us, care for us and by those who we thought or who claimed to do so. Wipe that tear, you’ve scammed people, I’m sure unintentionally but you can’t get yourself to face the guilt. Could be as simple as being embarrassed talking or being seen with a certain colleague who might be not as good looking and making a go for it asap before anyone notices because you don’t want to seem associated with that person. Could be getting up from the bench when someone below your social status sits next to you. The list goes on and on. I have been scammed, like the rest of you. I have been fooled into believing my, in-fact everyone’s universal ideology about not having hope and expectations from humans other than your blood lot is wrong and that I should give people a chance. I should keep my heart pure, come out of my shell, be honest and with that sincerity I can gain trust of my character, my honesty will be undoubted because my innocence will shine through.

What a load of bullshit. I’m not saying one should become bitter. The only thing that keeps me going is the afterlife. That’s what God assured since the beginning. Only He will reward you even for the smallest good intention. This life is merely but a transition from this world to another to see who can pull through from Satan’s temptations and who falls for them. Only then the worthy will get heaven unlike before when all the souls, untested, were in heaven. Isn’t it just beautiful how People who for some reason seem familiar and hit it off are the ones you’ve met before in heaven and vice versa. It is sad how time forces you to let go.

Isn’t it scary when you hear about the mishaps and obstacles people had to tackle with in their stages of life which you are yet to face and adorable how you’re praying that you have it different and so excited about each stage and what will come through it, how you’re taking in each advice, each lesson carefully. How mature of you to calm yourself down by countering each sob story with someone’s else’s good story. Could be something like “University put me through depression and anxiety I never had” and you’d recall “ my elder cousin said university was the best time of her life. I guess it depends I hope I have it better.” Sometimes we’re lucky and careful we have it better, which is neutralized by something unpredictably upsetting. That too shall pass. All the good times, the bad times-they’ll all pass. You can’t control what God has in store for you but you can control how you’d react to it.

Weigh pros and cons when you’ve to choose between people with the pros being your self esteem, confidence boosting, your mental peace and constructive criticism. Cons being unappreciated, being neglected of compassion, empathy and what not.

Warning — you shall be scammed at one point even then, it is inevitable, it is the rule of life, it is how life came into being. Beware of scamming but you will. Keep asking for repentance to God and forgiveness from His creations.

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