Pain and suffering

I hate to write about pain and suffering and loss because when I do, everyone thinks something is wrong with me.  But I am ok.

Let’s be real. All of us feel pain and loss. All of us feel rejection and loneliness. We can ignore it. We can push it down. We can complain about it. We can act out and misbehave. 

Or, we can recognize it for what it is and make friends with it. You can choose to see it and feel the pain. Many wise teachers have recognized that when we’re hurting, even in small ways, we are more alive than when things are going great. 

So we choose how to face adversity.  As we grow older we can get better or we can get bitter.  

There will always be suffering of some kind and if we are lucky there will be growing older.  Not everyone gets to grow older after all.

May we learn to fight life's difficulty less and instead learn the art of savoring life.

It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.