There are things in our lives that we struggle with. Yesterday I spoke about suffering and how it's okay. While its okay to acknowledge the suffering its also very important to work at moving beyond the suffering. We aren't to keep our lives full of pain and sadness. Rather, we need to keep moving forward. We have to try to do things, accomplish things, and continuing moving forward. If that wasn't the intention of where our lives were supposed to go then the length of the human day would have been more like years as opposed to hours. We are given 24 hours because we are supposed to live that day to the fullest and move on.
In our lives though, we are given people to help us along the way as well as people that we are to help along the way. We are given permanent people and we are given temporary people. People whose experiences we can learn from and people who we will teach. What we need to do is realize that no matter what is going on in our lives, we are not alone.
We are meant to walk with other people in our lives. Today I will be more responsible to recognizing that I am not alone and that it is important that I don't try to walk this path alone. Whether its the fertility issue, struggles with spirituality, or just everyday life, we are meant to walk this journey with others. Why else would I have started this blog? I want to walk this walk not alone but accompanied by others.
What's important as well is that we don't force ourselves on others in regards to walking with them. In other words, don't try and be a boy scout and help an unaccepting lady across the street! I will pay more attention to others needs and walk with them whether it is long term or short term. I will accompany them and listen and only be there for them to let them know I am here. I won't pretend to know all the answers or even think that I have to be right with my advise all the time. I won't advise...I will just walk with them. Sometimes I will just take them by the hand and when they give up I will help them stay walking.
(Interesting analogy from a woman who can barely walk 50 feet because of a foot injury,eh? But you get the point, right?)
I didn't know that I was supposed to teach. O.K. I did too. But I think that anyone who ends up walking alone, probably would be wise to hold up and take a look at where they are heading.
ReplyDeleteI remember when I was in my early 20's and quite a feisty person as far as butt kicking, I was attending a dance at the Diamond Lake Yacht Club, when 3 guys from another town assaulted a friend. I went outside looking for them and I found them. During the screaming, we ended up with about 25 of our people standing there shaking fists at these three guys who did not back down, but continued to bad mouth us all. Thinking they were all with me, I said "Let's get them", and stepped off toward the three. After I took about 20 steps or so, I realized that there were only two guys on my left and one on my right. The four of us took on the three and ended up beating them around some and sent them back home. Just the same, it is rather shocking when you think that everyone is with you, and not even half of them really are. If I had taken a poll first, I probably wouldn't have taken on these guys who were just looking for a fight anyway, and they were big dudes too. Even though we beat them, I almost got my head bashed into a car window, got thrown into the bushes and rolled down an embankment twice, and came out with a minor stab would on my hand. Two or three more on my side would have been much easier.
So I guess the message to me is to look around before you commit, or you might get embarrassed.