Que Sera Sera

This afternoon I watched TV, on B Channel there was a very touchy commercial break. It was a Thai life insurance commercial break, the way this commercial break was presented is really beautiful and inspiring. Here it is:

The concept of this commercial break is so simple but the meaning it has is so deep. There are some elementary students singing together making a choir while their teacher accompanies them by playing a piano adding the beauty of their voices. They are singing a famous song which was published first in 1956 sang by Doris Day. Yeah, it's really an inspiring and everlasting song. What makes this commercial break becomes so special is the children starring it have disabilities. Their parents watch their performance, some of them sing along with the children, some of them cry happy tears while some others smile proudly staring at their children innocent eyes. 

Those children sing happily without having any burdens or fears. They keep smiling sending warmth to the people witnessing them. They look just like the other ordinary children without showing their limitations. They don't feel inferior because they know in God's eyes, every person is all the same. The song is really matched with them. It seems like the song was composed for them, for representing their passions and curiosities in facing the future. The boys ask their mothers, "Will I be handsome, will I be rich?" The girls ask their mothers, "Will I be pretty, will I be rich?"

And here is the answer:

"Que Sera, Sera

Whatever will be, will be

The future's not ours to see

Que Sera, Sera

What will be, will be"

The lyrics really stab me to the core. I'm really ashamed, really. I've been questioning my future all this time. I, a so-called-grown-up woman who doesn't have any disabilities, am so afraid to face the future because I don't have any curiosities like those children do. On the contrary, I have so many insecurities. I have been complaining too much though God always gives me everything I need, not everything I want of course but everything I need. But the children, could you see how sincere they are when they sing? They look so grateful while singing though they have disabilities. If I were one of them, I would have committed a suicide the time I realized that I was different from other children. Yeah, that what makes them different from me and that what makes me so ashamed. They have faiths and hopes that don't fade.

Whatever will be, will be. This sentence can be interpreted in two ways. First, because whatever will be, will be, we don't do anything in our life. It's like, yeah God, do anything You want because whatever we do won't matter and You won't mind it, so whatever will be, just will be, whatever... Second, we mean it by doing our best in our life, we pray, we work, we put efforts, and let God do the rest. Whatever God answer is, it will be. If God answers it by giving more challenges, it means He likes our efforts and want us to work harder, and don't wanna see us give up. If God immediately gives good answer, He wants to see our reactions whether we would be grateful to Him or we would forget Him after reaching our happiness. And for whatever His answer is, we have to thank Him because He always gives us chances.

The future is not ours to see. It is a very superb sentence! Yes! It's totally right. It's not our duty to predict what future would be, we aren't psychics after all. Our duty is to learn from our past, live our present as proper as we could be so as to have a bright future. God has His own plans for each and every of us, all His plans are mysterious and remain secret. Who we are to interrupt His jobs by keeping on asking Him about what would happen to us in our future, what we would be in our future, what would we do in our future, what our future would give to us, and so many other nonstop questions. Yeah, who we are. Instead of asking who are we or who will I be, we have to remind ourselves about who we are more. We are humans and don't have any rights to force God to answer our questions and our prayers about our future as soon as possible. Let God work. Let our future comes to us naturally as the time moves. No need to rush.

Que Sera, Sera

What will be, will be

God's plans will be...