What happened to my Daffodils?
One day I was enjoying a walk in the park with my dogs, a leisurely bike ride and the beautiful spring flowers. The next day we had 30 inches of snow, all the flowers were dead and my dogs wouldn’t even go near the door. What’s wrong with this picture? I guess it’s kind of like life. One day everything seems to be going along perfectly and the next, things are tumbling down around us. Why does that happen? We could say it’s all in how we look at it.
I guess I could have gotten really angry about all my beautiful flowers being under 30 inches of snow, but fortunately, because I had heard the Weather Channel report, I cut most of them and brought them inside. So I had a house full of spring blooms. Is it perfect? No, but at least I was able to enjoy them. Their beauty and scent filled my home and it felt like spring inside the house.
Life is kind of like that when you think about it. One day everything seems to be sailing along doing just fine and the next day, we are knee deep in a ton of problems. What comes out of that varies for different people. For some it’s doom and gloom, for others it’s an opportunity to grow and learn. Which one are you?
If you’re raising a family in this all too difficult time, then it might be a good idea for you to look into being one of the ones who utilizes stressful and unhappy situations to grow and learn from. Kind of like cutting the flowers before they froze instead of just complaining about the weather. Throughout our lives we will be faced with many trying and unhappy situations, but it’s how we handle them that really makes us who we are. It also paints a big picture for our children on how to handle things.
If you are easily upset and complaining, then you can pretty well expect that your children will pick up those same habits. If you are optimistic and try to find the good in each situation (and believe me I find that very hard to do sometimes) then chances are, even if you don’t see it right away, especially with teenagers, your children will eventually grow into doing much of the same thing. It’s kind of like that old adage if life gives you lemons make lemonade.
So the next time you are faced with a trying situation, think about what you can get out of it. What are you supposed to learn from it? What can you do to turn it around? You may be very pleasantly surprised to see that the answer you need is right there in front of you. In fact, it may even be life changing for you. I have often wondered if God gives us situations we aren’t happy about to teach us how to grow. And, we being typical humans, just grumble and complain instead of finding the lesson or the good in the adversity. What do you suppose your life would be like if you tried to look at it the other way for a change?
Have A Beautiful Day, Until Later …
Heart Hugs,
Susan Marie