I am not talking about making
lemonade from lemons. I am not talking
about dealing with life’s little challenging. I am talking about when life truly hits you
with a full-blown out catastrophe.
A 24-hour pity party with a
box of chocolate won’t help. A glass of
wine with a friend doesn’t cut it. And
the sage old advice about life not giving you more than you can handle is pure
bunk.
When the disappointment seems
unending. When your sadness seems like a
life-sentence, when there are no good solutions, how does one go on?
When it come to mistakes
we’ve made, unfairness or the many injustices others have done to us, it really only hurts
us if we obsess about it. Fostering
hurts and wounds only keeps them alive for us.
The other guy has moved on and more likely than not is not affected by
his or her actions.
Whether you were over looked
for promotions. Whether a fire or other
natural disaster took your possessions, whether you experienced a loss of a
friend or family member, the reality is life does continue.
I read and hear about such
tremendous challenges people go through.
I read and hear about where their lives are years later. So many are stronger, and although have the
physical and emotional scars continue to keep going. Yes, some better than others.
I believe the reality is that
most of us will experience situations that will question our faith, question
ourselves, cause us to wonder if it really is worth it and have us wonder
whether the world wouldn’t be better off without us.
If this sounds like a
familiar story line, one just needs to have seen the Christmas movie called,
“It’s a Wonderful Life.”
I have no answers or
solutions. I have always felt it is not
the trouble we get into that is important; it is how we handle it that speaks
of our character and worth.
So, when life seems to kick
you in the ass, whether you helped it or truly are a victim, accept it, own it,
look for solutions and move on with your life.
It is what survivors do.
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