And if I did not make mistakes
And give too brief a thought to heavy questions
And too much time to little matter;
Or if I always knew which road to travel
Where every step would lead me into daylight
And if each face that turned to watch me pass
Was broken by a smile;
Or if whenever I should choose to lay my heart
Bare upon the sun-warmed grass,
It always was returned with tender touches
And carried by a song;
And if my heaviest burden were only to be
A breeze upon my back, and blossom in my hair,
And my brow was never crossed with lines of pain;
If all this endless summer were my lot
And winter's fury never beat me back,
Then I never would have seen the stormy nights
Through which I've struggled, fought and won;
I never would have known the joy of needed comfort given,
Or the essence of a friend.
- Katie Paton
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how true... yet so hard to do.
it's true that life is not a bed of roses and it is in bad times where you grow and know who are true to you and appreciate and be thankful for the goodness that has gone through your life.
yet, it's so hard when we're facing tough times and dry seasons. we hope that we will drift through it and come out of it unscath.
but that's the natural order of things. and as newton has discovered it and written as his 3rd rule, for every force acted on a surface there will be an equal and opposite force acting on it. simply put, you reap what you sow.
it's sad sometimes when i talk to people that they want certain things in their lives but are unwilling to pay the price for it. they want a bigger pay check, but are willing to put in the additional hours. they want to start a big business which will benefit the greater good but are unwilling to start small or even face a setback because of inexperience.
i'd say, it's all pride at work.
so take a step back and consider the good things in every situation you're in. why are you in such a situation?
i believe that in every argument or situation, there's no one party solely at fault. it takes two to tango. if you want your boss to increase your pay, then you'll have to produce the work deserving of it. if you want your parents to set a later curfew, you have to be responsible for observing the one already set. if you want your spouse to meet your needs, you'll also have to meet his/her needs.
so if tough situations come into your life, take a step back, all's not lost, just think abt the times when you were proud, maybe. and take a step back even, to look and appreciate all the goodness that has come into your life before and help offered now. don't reject it. you'll only fail again when you fail to learn the lessons that these situations bring. and if you don't learn the lessons, the same things will happen again and you'll begin to wonder why you never get out of such situations.
{ Wednesday, August 5 }