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It is said that life sometimes gives with one hand and takes away with the other, but does it?
Sometimes that good thing turns out to be less than it seemed at face value. The diamond crystal proves to be nothing more than cut glass, the once in a lifetime opportunity turns out to be a royal pain in the butt to be endured, not enjoyed. Yet, even when it happens, each experience still has something valuable for us, if we can only pause long enough to see it.
It's true that it can be hard to see that silver lining round that dark gray cloud which seems to only hang above your head and follow you around everywhere, but that in itself is the test. If you raise your eyes up and out to see what's really there, you stop looking down and in, where your mind is busy sabotaging you anyway.
As we look at the elongated shadows flickering and casting their darkness over our lives in front of us, we forget that there must be light behind us for those very shadows to exist. If we stop, turn round and look, we can see the light shining and, as a bonus, the shadows that blight our life shall all be behind us.
There are hidden gifts all round us, each and every day. In the midst of the worst experiences, they are there, urging us to see them, to hold on to them as they build our hope and lead us out of the dark places we have created for ourselves. All we need do, is slow down and look.
Are you "too busy" to see?
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Posted by scotslad60 on 2008-05-09 14:12:51 | Rating: | Views: 41
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