While there is life, there is hope.
"dum vita est, spes est"
It seems like there is so much craziness going on right now in the lives of friends and family around me. Struggles, shocks, sadness, depression, sickness.... You name it, someone is going through it.
The part that really gets me though, is the fact it's all been within the same week. Some things even happening the same day.
Why?
I wish I knew why. Then I feel I could help out a lot more. But I'm left not knowing why... And almost feeling helpless.
Maybe something amazing is about to happen in our lives. At least that is what I hope and pray for.
Maybe we are getting knocked down for a reason.
Maybe the trials we are having are making us stronger to get where we need to be.
Without failure, there would be no success.
I don't know what will happen.
I do know, even though bad things may happen, we can grow and learn in the midst.
God hasn't abandoned you.
He hasn't abandoned me.
He is there with us.
He is there to help bring us through.
To make us stronger.
More loving.
More selfless.
More patient.
More kind.
Don't give up on hope.
Keep pushing, attacking, driving through.
So true man... I've had time to think since we talked. And after reading this, I realized some things. (I sound like Stan)
ReplyDeleteLife is the epitome of mystery. And it might sound pretty odd, but the truth is even though life is hard and difficult and taxing sometimes, when we come out of the dark, we have a better understanding of how good the light really is. (I know that sentence was really long).. It's just getting out of the dark that is the hard part...
Sometimes it makes me wonder if we could really understand the good without the bad.
Deep and mysterious stuff. Haha.. Anyway, love ya bro. Keep up the blog! It's great.