THOUGHTS

TIME TEACHES US ABOUT THE TWOFOLD CONNECTION OF SUFFERING AND WISDOM. FOR EVERY LOSS, WE'VE GAINED SOMETHING NEW. WE OUR LEARNING THAT OUR PAIN MAKES US WISE OVER TIME, BUT WHILE WE ARE IN ITS MIDST WE OFTEN FEEL ALONE AND ENTRAPPED. WE SOME TIMES CAN MAKE NO SENSE OUT OF OUR SUFFERING- NEITHER ITS DEPTH NOR ITS SEEMING UNFAIRNESS- AND WE MAY EVEN TURN OUR BACKS ON OUR HIGHER POWER. WE'VE ONLY SURVIVED THE DARKNESS BY STUMBLING THROUGH IT EACH DAY. BUT IN OUR RECOVERY WE HAVE GRADUALLY ALLOWED OUR SELF'S TO ACCEPT COMFORT FROM OTHERS, AND THEIR WORDS HELP US IN TIMES OF DESOLATION. WE ARE LEARNING THAT SOME PAINS CAN'T BE HEALED, BUT INSTEAD MUST BE ENDURED UNTIL THEY RUN THEIR COURSE. SOMETIMES THE HOPE WE HAVE IS THE DEEP KNOWLEDGE, THAT OUR HIGHER POWER WILL GIVE US NO MORE THEN WE CAN HANDLE TODAY.
WITH THAT HELP AND COMFORT, WE CAN ENDURE AND FIND PEACE.