Every life is accompanied by a portion of misery, and the misery is a rich source of wisdom and experience. The hope within us cries out from the misery and says, "Be attentive to your misery, return to your true path. Lift yourself up. Your strength lies in attending to your spiritual hunger." The evil within us sneers out of the misery and says, "Succumb to the misery. This is what you richly deserve. Feel guilty, feel victimized. Choose bitterness, disease and death. Ignore the spirit within you and shut out the music of hope."
Life is a long journey and there are many moments of crisis. Then too, they are many moments that go unnoticed, where a glimmer of hope refreshes us like a welcoming breeze, or we turn our face and increase the growing bitterness until we succumb altogether.
Dad--
ReplyDeleteTime for happy post! No more misery or loneliness, and evil despair. I need a nap so you have time......
Me
Steff, you are funny. You want only sunny, happy, funny blog, and yet you torment me with your unrepentant Beaver ways.
ReplyDeleteOccasionally I am morose and reflective. But I am fundamentally a sunny and forward-looking person.
There's that old saying, "life is a comedy to those who..., a tragedy to those who...I'm not even sure how it goes. I am a little of both and am torn both ways, although being a fan of the Conference CHAMPIONS it is much easier to be sunny.