Painting by Belynda Wilson Thomas
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst, and take whatever comes your way. Anonymous
Life is going along. We get a phone call that jolts us. Someone had a medical emergency, but they’ll be okay, a fire, but everyone got out safely. We give a silent prayer of thanks at that moment because we know the news could have been so much worse.
There is little we can do when situations are far away. If we don’t live in big close-knit families often help comes from the kindness of strangers. Organizations like the Red Cross are there to help in times of need and we are lucky to live in a society that has organizations like the Red Cross.
We hope we’ll be prepared for what comes in life, but are we ever really prepared? I spoke to someone recently whose apartment was gutted by fire. She said when she saw the orange flames, she froze, and if someone wasn’t there with her she’s not sure she would have gotten out. Being in a fire, for many of us is one of our worst fears. It’s why we hold firefighters in esteem; they are running in when everyone else is running out.
Restlessness and discontent are the necessities of progress. Thomas A. Edison
We can always rebuild, as long as everyone is okay. It’ll take a while but we’ll be okay. The strength of individuals seems to come out when they face hard times, disasters, and adversity. Does it take hard times to make the best of us come out, is that the silver lining of hard times?
If we need to rebuild our health or lives because of a disaster, we want to build back better. We want to learn the lesson of why something happened if there is one. If we get the chance to build back better we better take the opportunity, we might not get that chance again.
Fire, water, and wind wreak havoc and yet when we harness them we get heat and power to run our lives. Do we also have parts of ourselves that if we harness and bring under control can power our lives to greater heights? We might be dissatisfied with areas of our lives, is that a power we could harness to build a better one? Could dissatisfaction be part of what fuels change? Is discontent a fuel that can drive us forward? Can dissatisfaction help us create something purposeful and beautiful?
You must have a level of discontent to feel the urge to want to grow. Idowu Koyenikan
Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don’t have the strength. Theodore Roosevelt
Discontent is the wheel that moves people forward. Lu Xun
Thank you for reading this post. I hope you enjoyed it. I hope you will come back and read some more. Have a blessed day filled with gratitude, joy, and love.
