A Bit of Advice

Some days difficult things and difficult people just seem to race to be at a place just ahead of us.  Faster than we can absorb what is happening, we find our emotions overrun, our minds losing the capacity for being rational, and our spirit crying out, "Not one more thing!"  But, of course, that does not stop the one more thing from coming.  It still comes and usually one more thing behind it.  On those days we find ourselves wondering why we even got out of bed.   

If there is any comfort in having company, such days come to all of us and with more frequency than we care to admit.  There are, of course, many folks out there who give the impression to be in the know when it comes to handling life's difficult days, but it is often true, too, that what works for one will not work for another.  And, having offered such an opinion about the advice of others, I will take a moment to offer some of my own.  It is not that I am any wiser than the experts, but that I have lived long enough not to care what the experts say when what they say goes against the grain of decades of experience.   

What is so very important is what we take into the day with us.  Being quiet somewhere in the beginning of the day is important.  There is always a need to be in touch with who we are and, if we are those who live trusting in God, it is also important to align our spirit with His Spirit.  Being in sync with the Creative Spirit who brought us into being will enable us to respond to life, not according to its difficulties, but according to the One who seeks to express His love and grace through us.  When the Apostle Paul wrote, "I have learned to be content..."  (Philippians 4:11), he was declaring that he had learned to live well despite the difficultes of the worst days.  His testimony can be our reality.