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Life lessons
May. 22nd, 2006 06:23 pmOne of the folks on my friends list commented that he doesn't know what life's trying to teach him. I told him it's okay- sometimes there really isn't much of a lesson being taught.
A lot of things happen that I don't understand. I accept that people act that way, and even know that this or that thing is fairly common. Sometimes, I can vaguely perceive the logic or the order behind those kinds of actions. I just don't understand why people would be like that.
That's a big life lesson- a lot of the time, things happen and people do things that you or I just don't understand. For every time that I can see where God's going with this or how life fits together, there's another where I haven't a clue. Your proportions of the first to the second may vary, but that's part of being human. We don't always know, and that's okay.
Don't stop trying to understand, but don't twist yourself into something you're not to do it. You'll reach your limit eventually. At that point, it's okay to let go and let God take care of it.
It's like that prayer- I've heard people refer to it as "The Alcoholic's Prayer" because AA uses it. The one that goes, "Lord, give me the courage to change the things I can, the serenity to accept what I can't, and the wisdom to know the difference." So much of life is that third part- knowing the difference.
A lot of things happen that I don't understand. I accept that people act that way, and even know that this or that thing is fairly common. Sometimes, I can vaguely perceive the logic or the order behind those kinds of actions. I just don't understand why people would be like that.
That's a big life lesson- a lot of the time, things happen and people do things that you or I just don't understand. For every time that I can see where God's going with this or how life fits together, there's another where I haven't a clue. Your proportions of the first to the second may vary, but that's part of being human. We don't always know, and that's okay.
Don't stop trying to understand, but don't twist yourself into something you're not to do it. You'll reach your limit eventually. At that point, it's okay to let go and let God take care of it.
It's like that prayer- I've heard people refer to it as "The Alcoholic's Prayer" because AA uses it. The one that goes, "Lord, give me the courage to change the things I can, the serenity to accept what I can't, and the wisdom to know the difference." So much of life is that third part- knowing the difference.
