Lungs and Soul
Life has given me much-beautiful and challenging all at once. I have searched for a brief moment to catch my breath and ponder all that has come my way for the last year and a half.
One overpowering thing that I have learned is that life is so fragile. Each moment and breath we take is given to us. We have become so accustomed to waking up every morning, drinking our coffee, going to our jobs. We have adjusted to the routines, the celebrations of birthdays, the anticipations of new birth, the experiences of new life.
We celebrate the good so much more than the difficult.
We would rather be evasive when bringing up challenging times. It makes us uneasy, reluctant and uncomfortable.
But no deeply rooted lessons every came from celebrations. The deepest emotions that come from our lives are the ones that are heart wrenching and at times impossible to fully and completely cope with. I think of significant people who have gone through death, loss, sacrifice and accidents in my life. They have taken each blow with absolute graciousness; that kind of integrity and grace astounds me.
I think the greatest lesson that seems to come my way in the last few months is that of graciousness. Do I respond with grace? Do I seek to live a life of patience? The only way that you can truly cultivate graciousness and patience is to be put in a circumstance that not only requires you to be that way, but demands it. Then I contemplate-was I gracious? Did I respond with patience?
You cannot control what unfolds in your life, but you can be involved in how you respond to it. As I mature and move forward in my life, I pray that I may continue to allow grace and patience to be sown into the tapestry of my life. That each new season, and especially those challenging times, will be full of reasons to nourish and cultivate my soul.
Are you being gracious today?
One overpowering thing that I have learned is that life is so fragile. Each moment and breath we take is given to us. We have become so accustomed to waking up every morning, drinking our coffee, going to our jobs. We have adjusted to the routines, the celebrations of birthdays, the anticipations of new birth, the experiences of new life.
We celebrate the good so much more than the difficult.
We would rather be evasive when bringing up challenging times. It makes us uneasy, reluctant and uncomfortable.
But no deeply rooted lessons every came from celebrations. The deepest emotions that come from our lives are the ones that are heart wrenching and at times impossible to fully and completely cope with. I think of significant people who have gone through death, loss, sacrifice and accidents in my life. They have taken each blow with absolute graciousness; that kind of integrity and grace astounds me.
I think the greatest lesson that seems to come my way in the last few months is that of graciousness. Do I respond with grace? Do I seek to live a life of patience? The only way that you can truly cultivate graciousness and patience is to be put in a circumstance that not only requires you to be that way, but demands it. Then I contemplate-was I gracious? Did I respond with patience?
You cannot control what unfolds in your life, but you can be involved in how you respond to it. As I mature and move forward in my life, I pray that I may continue to allow grace and patience to be sown into the tapestry of my life. That each new season, and especially those challenging times, will be full of reasons to nourish and cultivate my soul.
Are you being gracious today?
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