Timing in life........

When one suffers heartbreak, it takes over your whole being.  Oh sure, you try to put on a happy face and maybe most times you are successful at being “happy”.  Yet deep down inside of you, there is this dull ache that just doesn’t seem to go away.  You may even be able to forget about it for a bit then something happens that forces that ache to bubble up to the surface and take over your being again.  At one point or another we all have felt that, some more than others.  How you react to that ache when it shows its ugly head is what makes you the person that you are.  One thing that has gotten me through my latest episode of heartbreak is remembering that I cannot control what others do, only how I react to what they do.  Unfortunately, ice cream and junk food have been my “friends” during this phase so back to it and gaining control of the food that I nourish myself with – that’s a topic for another day.

I’m a true believer that timing in life…..as I have spent some time reflecting on past decisions and happenings in my life recently, now that there is some distance from those “lessons”, I have come to realize that things happened a certain way because that’s the way they needed to happen to protect me and even at times others around me, from too many dull aches bubbling up to the surface.  It truly is amazing how an email or words spoken to you can truly change your perspective, your outlook on life. 

Some say that we go through the hard times to insure or help us appreciate the good times as they come.  Maybe that is true.  I know it works for me in most cases.  When you are going through those difficult seasons of life, those life lesson seasons, it can be a struggle to remember what is good in your life.  Many people focus on the bad times and difficult people instead of what’s good and encouraging in their lives.  I’m guilty of that and maybe some of you are too.  I do believe that God gets us through hours of sorrow and hours of joy.  Those hours of joy that we experience are gifts from him and we should cherish them and hold on to them during those times that are not so joyful in our lives. 

Miracles can happen.  I know because I’m in the midst of experiencing one right now.  Miracles happen to all of us every day.  They aren’t all talking burning bushes or changing water to wine miracles.  They can be something as normal as making it to your destination in one piece (for those that drive in the Chicagoland area – that is a miracle!) or having the ability to sustain a human being long enough to reach teenager-hood (yes, I’ve done that too – that is a miracle!).  Everyday large and small miracles happen in our lives.  I’m blessed right now to be experiencing a BIG one that I hope to be able to share with the world someday.  Hold on to those miracles – reference them, ponder upon them because they are gifts to us to help us through the tough times

Thanks for stopping by and listening to me carry on.  I hope you stop by again on my front porch of the web…….