And wanted to share with you all. I hope you all have a wonderful day.
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Often I write in third person, but tonight, I feel like writing in a first person narrative.
“Life sucks.”
I can't tell you how many times I have stated those words, or how many more times I have heard those words. But, when I think about it, I can not think of anything less true.
Am I going to tell you that sometimes life does not suck? Hell no. Sometimes, indeed, it does. But I ask this - at the moment, the second, you utter those words, allow you to give yourself pause. Ponder, if you will, why you feel this way.
Often I find when I state those words, it is because I have chosen to endure a shitty situation far longer than I should have, and have turned myself into a victim instead of a survivor. My father, before his passing, gave me some words of advice I shall never forget.
“Sometimes,” Dad said, “Sometimes you are the bug, and sometimes you are the windshield.
“The windshield does not have to win all the time, though.
“It is often the strongest bug that hits the windshield, and before the wipers come on, flies away to fight another day.”
I have tried to take those words to heart, but it has been hard. Life, it seems, has a certain irony about it. It seems like the stronger I become, the harder I fly into the windshield, and the quicker the wipers come on.
Still, though, I cannot help but think – if I am here, now, typing this - am I not, thus far, a very strong person in front of an exceptional opponent? On this very day, as I have every day before, I have found hard times and a way to stand back up. Not just this day, but this very minute, this very second! Have I not been able to eliminate the evils that humanity and nature often bring upon me? So far, I have.
On this very day, as I have every day before, Not just this day, but this very minute, this very second - I have found a way.
This thought has always been inspirational to me, through very hard times. And today, once more, I find those words much the spiritual guides I needed to walk through the valley of the shadow of death once more.
And on this very day, as I have every day before, this very minute, this very second – I do not intend to stop.
I welcome life's next challenges. They have only made me a better, stronger person, and I have no reason to suspect that will change. Human beings are fallible, however the human spirit knows nothing but how to thrive.
Embrace that spirit, I believe it will serve you well.
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Often I write in third person, but tonight, I feel like writing in a first person narrative.
“Life sucks.”
I can't tell you how many times I have stated those words, or how many more times I have heard those words. But, when I think about it, I can not think of anything less true.
Am I going to tell you that sometimes life does not suck? Hell no. Sometimes, indeed, it does. But I ask this - at the moment, the second, you utter those words, allow you to give yourself pause. Ponder, if you will, why you feel this way.
Often I find when I state those words, it is because I have chosen to endure a shitty situation far longer than I should have, and have turned myself into a victim instead of a survivor. My father, before his passing, gave me some words of advice I shall never forget.
“Sometimes,” Dad said, “Sometimes you are the bug, and sometimes you are the windshield.
“The windshield does not have to win all the time, though.
“It is often the strongest bug that hits the windshield, and before the wipers come on, flies away to fight another day.”
I have tried to take those words to heart, but it has been hard. Life, it seems, has a certain irony about it. It seems like the stronger I become, the harder I fly into the windshield, and the quicker the wipers come on.
Still, though, I cannot help but think – if I am here, now, typing this - am I not, thus far, a very strong person in front of an exceptional opponent? On this very day, as I have every day before, I have found hard times and a way to stand back up. Not just this day, but this very minute, this very second! Have I not been able to eliminate the evils that humanity and nature often bring upon me? So far, I have.
On this very day, as I have every day before, Not just this day, but this very minute, this very second - I have found a way.
This thought has always been inspirational to me, through very hard times. And today, once more, I find those words much the spiritual guides I needed to walk through the valley of the shadow of death once more.
And on this very day, as I have every day before, this very minute, this very second – I do not intend to stop.
I welcome life's next challenges. They have only made me a better, stronger person, and I have no reason to suspect that will change. Human beings are fallible, however the human spirit knows nothing but how to thrive.
Embrace that spirit, I believe it will serve you well.
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