Life Happens

The rain pours, sun shines, and the wind blows, but life goes on.

Robert Louis Stevenson was bedridden with tuberculosis for most of his life. One day, his wife heard him hacking violently and said,” I suppose you still believe it’s a beautiful day.” Turning toward a window ablaze with sunlight, Stevenson responded, “I do! I will never allow a row of medicine bottles block my horizon.”  Circumstances are uncontrollable. Life’s events happen. Our responsibility is to choose our responses—our attitude. Situations may color your view of life, but you have been given the power to choose what the color will be.  Glenn Van Ekeren

How is your day going?  Is everything going your way?  Maybe you are like Norm the character in the old television series Cheers, “it is a dog eat dog world and I am wearing milk bone underwear.”  Whatever you are going through, life goes on.  I always say, where there is life, there is hope.  Even in adversity there are opportunities to change your circumstances, by changing the way you think about what you are going through.

One of the opportunities for change is to serve other people.  There is something powerful that happens when you get out of yourself and focus on helping others.  You will find that the issues and challenges you face are lessened when you help someone else.  Helping the elderly, the poor, and those who are less fortunate than yourself can be tremendously rewarding.

The amazing thing is when you are engaged in helping others, good things seem to follow.  Emotionally, you feel that you are a contributor to the well-being of others.  Seeing people smile or express their gratitude for you taking an interest in their lives is priceless.

Remember, the rain pours, sun shines, and the wind blows, but life goes on.