Ernest Hemingway once said: "The world breaks everyone. and afterward,many are strong in the broken places."
When we are going through adversity and/or bad times in life, it is not always possible or easy to believe that everyone suffers loss and heartache. It feels, looks, acts, very personal when bad luck and bad or horrible life experiences happen to good people.
Our first response is " Why Me? " We may question whether we did something to deserve this punishment or trouble. We may feel resentment for others who are not suffering and question why trouble or bad "luck" did not choose them. We may even add up all the bad, selfish and dishonest things a certain friend or acquaintance has done and yet still has good health and a big bank account good "luck" and so forth.
It's Not Fair
Life isn't fair. As a person who lives with chronic pain and illness daily...this "Life is not fair" has become prevalent in my daily life. The amount of stress and general life issues is enough for ten people to bear... Before I had any major or minor health issues...I dealt with mountains of stress...and still do to an extent.But once the health went down hill It as took a toll on me mentally and physically but finally after a couple years of much soul searching, prayers, meditation, alternative health, and other techniques to "feel" better, I have Finally woke up so to speak. I have realized there are so many people in this world with much worse life issues/problems than me and that the more I focus on the bad side of my life....the more sick I would get...So the more I do for others that are suffering or in need and the more I focus on the good things I AM blessed with in this life,....things slowly started to come together as a whole instead of just seeing things as a puzzle piece...take a step back and look at your life as a whole puzzle not just the pieces that make up the puzzle. Once we put all the pieces together then we can better focus on how/why certain pieces aren't too pretty so to speak....this makes it much easier on knowing what we need to work on in our lives and how..because lots of folks know what pieces are bad but don't have the "how" to fix the pieces to fit evenly with the whole puzzle. I personally believe having a strong unshakable faith, support system, motivation, and surrounding ourselves with positive people, mind-set, places,things, etc. Helps tremendously during adverse times in our lives and being positive should be our nature no matter what, and YES I know its much easier said than done but what do you got to lose by trying? Everyone's Life is filled with" luck" and also filled with change and chance. As Ernest Hemingway said earlier, we all get broken in some way and it is the broken places that make us strong. "Bad Luck" is described as unforeseen occurrence, happenstance and yet "good luck" is described as prosperity, wealth, windfall, success, advantage, profit and triumph, happiness and blessings. It is often from the "luck" that the opportunities for growth and development come to us in many different shades so to speak. When we take the chance to allow growth within through loss, grief and adversity, we will become stronger and more resilient. I know this is true, because I have experienced in my own life and the lives of countless friends and family.
Things To Think About
Do you consider yourself lucky or unlucky? Why?
- Have you ever said "That's not fair." Why?
- What do you think about when bad things happen to you?
- Can you look back in your life and recognize how a certain situation helped you to grow personally and spiritually?
- Lastly Love Yourself. Well Friends I hoped this random blog helped someone out there a bit. I thank you ALL for stopping by my blog. As always Friends feel free to follow,share,comment, or just enjoy the read Truly, Dennis Kelly
