The Irony of “Mae Celebrated life” – “In the Beginning”
Remen expounds, “Mae celebrated life. Her laugh was pure joy. It made you remember how to laugh yourself. All these years, just thinking on her makes me smile. As she became sicker, I began to call her every few days to check in on her. She would always answer the phone in the same way. I would say, “Mae, how ya doin?” and she would chuckle and reply, “I’m blessed, Sister. I am blessed.” Although Mae is enduring the pain of cancer, she celebrates her life unconditionally. The cancer does not impede her from recognizing the privilege of breathing. Mae is a content woman who does not dwell of complaining about her ill health. Her nature is rare.
The Irony of “Given many more blessings than we have received”
Remen observes, “MOST OF US have been given many more blessings than we have received. We do not take time to be blessed or make space for it. we may have filled our lives so full of other things that we have no room to receive our blessings." Remen's observation is ironic since the marginal utility for blessings intensifies always. People yearn for abundant blessings in their life; hence, would not deliberately deny blessings bestowed unto them. The ironic remark about folks being unready for blessings depicts the nature of human beings to take some blessings for granted. Some folks fail to recognize that they are blessed due to their ambitions for materialistic things which they consider to be the ultimate blessings.
