Even though we struggle to doing the right things....all the time...effortlessly...sometimes we drop the ball.
Or the ball gets knocked out of our hands by well meaning friends, getting sick, a wonderful new promotion, baby, or some other unexpectedness that life throws at us.
The train goes off the rails despite our best of intentions.
"Yet we mend. And then we can look back and laugh, smile, and think of all those little things that seemed like errors…but somehow, they were seeds for smiles we hadn’t yet recognized."
We live through the situations that test us. We learn. We find new and better ways to deal so next time something similar happens, we have skills to draw on (and we start the whole cycle over again).
We are meant to struggle because we'd never evolve as people without the struggle. I know you probably don't count your weight as the blessing that it is but maybe you should. You're learning and growing (seriously, don't make that face....I meant emotionally growing and you know it ;)
Embrace the struggle and the lessons you learn -- they mean you're alive! And, especially this time of year, we should be grateful for all of our blessings....not just the ones that come easy.
**the quote is from Erika's Thanksgiving post -- no swearing in this one although the title may give you pause.
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