Quote of the Day: Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the face. Helen Keller
Exercise Log: Went 3.85 w/ Sue O. and Patti. Then 3 more on stairmaster. Total 6.85 (-1.52)
Quote of the Day is one of my favorite quotes and something I wanted to talk about. It is so easy to feel like a VICTIM when you are in a situation like this. One morning I woke up and thought, I should put a sign over my bedroom door so I see it first thing in the morning that says “Don’t act like a victim”. But, actually, maybe I need to find a way to say it that takes it from a negative to a positive, like Helen Keller’s quote. Nonetheless, it is easy to feel a victim when you are being helped by so many people in so many ways- don’t get me wrong- I am so grateful for the help but it does take that kind of toll on a person. Also, it’s easy to get into the mindset that everyone eles’ life is going so… smoothly and your’s feels like one trial after another. That really is the key- keeping your mindset on the future. Focus on the in-coming rainbow.
Serida put it so well when she said: “I have come to feel as if your view of the challenges you are enduring, is likened to looking at life through the perspective of not only a microscope but also a telescope. We are better able to see the closeness of what life bears, as well as, the bigger picture that expands into a universe beyond the realms of our own four walls.Thank you for sharing so much of your heart and soul with us”!
On Sunday, Michele Rossiter told me about a talk where someone became so bitter because they had a tragedy in their life. They couldn’t get over this thing that had happened and they let it fester and boil into anger, resentment, and an unforgiving spirit. But here comes even the sadder part. It not only affected that generation but many generations to follow. And if you compare that to a family that has a tragedy, as most all families do, and they allow forgiveness, character and kindness to grow from the experience. They even turn it over to the Lord and allow it to help others. For generations after they are blessed because of the way they reacted to the tragedy. I think we see this all around us. We really do have a choice on how we are going to let life’s burdens and events alter our thinking and it does have a huge impact on future generations and how our children will process sorrow. They watch us and they want so badly for us to be strong and act honestly, and that means really processing what is going on in your life and dealing with it in positive ways. Even if you think your children don’t see how you really are, they are so perceptive and they are hurt by a parent’s poor choices.
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