What I Know For Sure

 

Life is full of ups and downs, wins and losses, sweet and sour, dark and light. You don't get to be my age without having learned a few truths. This is some of what I know for sure  . . . 

 

It doesn't matter what you are going through, good or bad . . .  all material conditions in this life are transient. Regardless of how the serendipity of life has dealt with us, it will soon pass. Change is one constant in the Universe. 

2 Corinthians 4: 17-18 “For our present troubles are small 

and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory 

that vastly outweighs them and will last forever. 

So we don’t look at the troubles we can see now; rather,

 we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen.

 For the things we see now will soon be gone, 

but the things we cannot see will last forever.” 

 

It’s a simple realization that all of existence is in a constant state of transition. This moment, the way things are as they currently appear, shall change  . . .  and, it already has. Everything is always changing.


Every formation. Every object. Every structure. Every person. Every thought. Every concept. Every predicament. Every event. Every upset emotion. Every happy feeling. Every idea. Every belief. All of these will pass.


This is a happy thought to ponder however, not a sad one, because without this constant state of transition, nothing could ever become. Without death, there can be no life. Without the transition from day to night, you could see no stars. Things must and will change.  Every cloud has a silver lining if we but look for it.

We all have stand down moments, which require us to stand up,

in the centre of ourselves, and know who we are.

~Oprah Winfrey 

  

 Life is hard. It is filled with trials and hurdles to jump over, obstacles to move and move past  . . .  but it is also beautiful, and filled with wonder and excitement.  There truly is an opposition in all things.  What worries me today, might no longer worry me tomorrow.  The trials and happenings that face me are not near as important as the way I deal with them is. 

"Weeping may endure for a night, but

Joy cometh in the morning."

~Psalm 30:5

This is not to demean anything anyone is going through.  All of our experiences are valid and have worth, and while we are going through them, day can seem as black and blacker than night.  Things are always darkest in the middle of the tunnel we are going through, but tunnels always end and light always appears again, so long as we don't stand still. Sometimes it can take every ounce of our being to just keep moving forward, to just keep putting one foot in front of the other.  When someone we love betrays us, when marriages break down, when we lose what is near and dear to us, when jobs are lost, when the ones who are supposed to love us are the very ones who turn their backs on us . . . it can be very hard to find meaning in all of the pain . . . but I know for sure that changing the way we think about any situation is the impetus to changing it.  Moving forward, even when we can't see the light. Being open to learning from our challenges is the key to surviving them. Looking for the silver lining . . . if you never look for it, you will never find it, but it is always there. This I know for sure.

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This photograph made me very happy and I hope that they don't mind me sharing it. My sister's two daughters have been visiting with her and our dear mother for the past week or so.  What you see here is three generations of beautiful, strong, resilient women.  I love these women with all of my heart.  I wish I could have been there with them. 

A thought to carry with you  . . . 

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 *.˛."Just living is not enough," said the butterfly,

"One must have sunshine, freedom

and a little flower." 

~Hans Christian Anderson•。★★ 。* 。 

 

In the kitchen today . . .  Carrots with Honey, Lime & Thyme.  Delicious!!

I will be working hard to prepare my lesson for this coming Sunday's RS  today.  I started working on it yesterday.  I only have a paragraph to guide me! Yikes!  Such a challenge!  But I am up to it.  I wish for you a beautiful day.  Don't forget!

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And I do too!