I wrote an entire blog post concerning taking the bad and finding the good, and it got deleted, in its entirety. Ironic.
I have learned to laugh at my occasional misfortune, because as much as I may think it's a common presence in my life, it truly is few and far in between.
I've been doing an outrageous amount of thinking lately. I mean, above and beyond my normal hyper-active-overly-analytical thinking that I do on top of my critically-always-thinking that I do for work. So excuse me if I ramble.
Life. It's a rollercoaster of sorts. In the last few weeks I have had some painful events occur in my family. My grandmother received her promotion to heaven. Put like that, it doesn't seem as bad as it is right? My cousin's good friend made his exit a short while after. He checked out of earth hotel and went home. That doesn't sound too bad either. In fact, those sound like good things. Thats the way I've been attempting to rewire my thinking. God called His children home. The streetlights were on, it was curfew. I just didn't know it, until I knew it. Thats the thing with this life. You don't know when time is up until it is. These events have put a lot of things in perspective for me. Time is fragile and temporary. Life is short and sweet. People are mortal.
I didn't get all into that to sing you a sad song or anything like that. I just want to share my perspective. I don't think everything has hit me yet. But, even if it has, it's a matter of perspective. Life doesn't suck. The events that happen in the duration of this life do. It's never ALL bad. Whatever you shift your focus to will be more evident. I love my grandma and, like all who have gone before her, I'll miss her with every fiber of my being. I'll see her soon though. That might sound bad, but if you think about how short life ACTUALLY is, it's really not. From Gods perspective, life is only a moment. We are here and then we aren't and thats okay because we have a purpose in the moments that we are here and then we get to go home. It's like being sent somewhere on assignment and then when your assignment is up, you get to go home.
I didn't mean to get into all of that either. (see how my brain works?) All that I intended to say really, is to look at the good. There are good things that came out of these unfortunate circumstances... like, the challenge to appreciate life, my family being drawn even closer together, and the reminder to cherish our loved ones and the time we have with them. I wouldn't wish any negative situations on anyone. Pain and loss are difficult to maneuver through. If you can deal with grief appropriately, and give yourself the opportunity to feel, and process, and work through the situation, I believe you'll find the silver lining (regardless of how small or faint).
It's better with God and at the end of the day with God, life is still good.
