I have learned that when I feel like nothing is going right in my life, I am fighting against the flow of my life. If I just take a few deep breathes and try to have a different perspective, then everything starts to fall into place and things go a little easier because instead of fighting against life, I find myself flowing with my life. It’s been a difficult lesson to learn, and I am still trying to master it, but I think I can get there.
I have been feeling lately that I have a new lesson come up in my life. Instead of feeling like nothing is going right, I feel like everything is overwhelming. I feel like I have so much to do or so many projects and events that need my attention that I am being buried underneath an avalanche of my own life. I have a feeling that many people feel this way some time in their own lives.
I think this one is all about taking it one day at a time. Life can feel like it can get out of control and when that happens it can seem to happen really fast. I think what’s important is to realize that God doesn’t expect me to take on the entire world all at once. He doesn’t expect me to be a superhero. If I think in those terms, I’ll feel anxious and overwhelmed. Instead, I just have to take things in my own time and in steps. I will always be amazed at how that makes all the difference in the world. Then, I think of the Grand Canyon. It is enormous and breath-taking. Yet, it didn’t happen overnight. I took time. All the rock that was there was eroded little by little until this huge canyon was created and it is still going. The canyon is still being created before our very eyes. It’s a miracle. It won’t look the same if you compare it on the day of my birth and on the day of my death. Little by little something amazing is happening. So, it is with my life. I just have to remember life takes time.
My faith saved me. May God’s peace reside in all of our hearts.
