Sometimes you may get tired and fed up. I mean come on, life has a way of testing you…and I mean way worse than any pop quiz you might have had. Sometimes the test starts small. Broke a nail after a fresh manicure? Hit your shin on the corner of the bed? (ouch). Then maybe it ramps up to you dropping your brand new cell phone face down on the pavement…while trying to put on the screen protector. Ugh! That sucks, right? Then there are household bills...sure you have some, right? Yeah, they eat away a good chunk of your paycheck but you’re managing. Then a major appliance dies…then some shingles fall off your roof.. Sucks but ok. It seems like one thing after another after another. Sigh... but somehow you’re standing strong and making do, holding on.
And then…car issues start happening…flat tires, brakes need replacing and then transmission blows! What?!! But you’ve got to be strong right? You’re an adult and you can and have to deal with these things. You can manage, right? Yeah? So why are you crying? Why are you asking things like- How could God let this happen? Why? What did you do to deserve this? Did you upset Him? Maybe it’s your fault? Is it because you didn’t get up and let that older person have your seat on the bus/train? Or because you didn’t hold the door open for that person walking in behind you at the store?
See, now you’re upset and in your head. Acting differently, cautiously about everything and everyone because who knows, maybe you missed something before, right? And you’re doing your best to not give in to the hurt, anger, pain and confusion. People around you who know what you’re going through say “wow, you’re so strong…going through all those things and still you laugh, you smile…” While they see you smiling, there are tears that they can’t see but you can feel. They don’t realize what it takes to go through all that and not break. Not to quit. Not give up. Not hate. Not scream at the unfairness of it all. Not take it out on those close to you, those who love you.
If you are going through any of these things or a myriad of things that seem to keep happening and you’re not letting it affect you negatively, not letting them change you, BRAVO! I’m not sure you know how much faith and strength that takes. A weaker person would take these things as punishment, perceived payback for something they did or didn’t do. It isn’t easy to do, to go through things and still be the same wonderful you that you normally are. If this is you, to you I say keep smiling, keep laughing, keep trying, keep being faithful and stay strong.
And then…car issues start happening…flat tires, brakes need replacing and then transmission blows! What?!! But you’ve got to be strong right? You’re an adult and you can and have to deal with these things. You can manage, right? Yeah? So why are you crying? Why are you asking things like- How could God let this happen? Why? What did you do to deserve this? Did you upset Him? Maybe it’s your fault? Is it because you didn’t get up and let that older person have your seat on the bus/train? Or because you didn’t hold the door open for that person walking in behind you at the store?
See, now you’re upset and in your head. Acting differently, cautiously about everything and everyone because who knows, maybe you missed something before, right? And you’re doing your best to not give in to the hurt, anger, pain and confusion. People around you who know what you’re going through say “wow, you’re so strong…going through all those things and still you laugh, you smile…” While they see you smiling, there are tears that they can’t see but you can feel. They don’t realize what it takes to go through all that and not break. Not to quit. Not give up. Not hate. Not scream at the unfairness of it all. Not take it out on those close to you, those who love you.
If you are going through any of these things or a myriad of things that seem to keep happening and you’re not letting it affect you negatively, not letting them change you, BRAVO! I’m not sure you know how much faith and strength that takes. A weaker person would take these things as punishment, perceived payback for something they did or didn’t do. It isn’t easy to do, to go through things and still be the same wonderful you that you normally are. If this is you, to you I say keep smiling, keep laughing, keep trying, keep being faithful and stay strong.
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