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| The outcome is better than what you go through |
Not Happening To You
What if the
things that happened to you were happening for
you? (Hey, stop, don’t leave; keep reading.)
Take a
moment (which is just three seconds) to reflect on something that truly
challenged you. Now think about the outcome. Was it better than what you went
through? Did it help shape and mold you into the person you have become? Would
you like me to stop asking questions?
On the serious tip, life’s challenges
truly give us the opportunity to be grateful for what we have and who we are
becoming.
I’m thinking
about a really small thing, but it brought out a lot in my household. For the
past few days, we’ve had no phone or internet. At first, everyone was a bit
testy. I actually yelled at a customer “service” rep.
My young
adult children are digital natives, so they are way off center. My daughter
looked at me through glazed over eyes and asked what she did before she had a
laptop. I reminded her of those things called books. She’s a voracious reader
and has read everything in the house at least twice, which is saying a lot because
we have thousands of books.
My son went
out in the woods and climbed trees and my sister Chris, who only uses the
internet for National Geographic and Joyce Meyers, did what she always does;
she read, she cleaned the house and bird watched.
Afterwards,
everyone looked at old pictures and talked to each other. I realized how quiet
my house has been since the computer came into my kids’ life. We resisted TV
and internet on weekdays until the youngest was a high school senior.
No access to the internet has given
us access into our own selves. It has also given us all a lot to reflect on and
has shown us where and how we need to grow.
I woke up with something that I have
often said, that it didn’t happen to us, it happened for us.
What’s happening for
you right now?
Be you, be well, be
strong.
Bertice Berry, PhD.
You look INCREDIBLE! Happy! ...& Full of Light! <3 Beautiful!
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