My life has been busy as a result my blog’s been suffering. But on the bright side, a have a whole slew of quotes to choose from. This quote as been hanging out in my Tea Quote bank – a draw in my desk at work – for quite some time now, just waiting for its chance to inspire. Well today is its day! When I read this quote for the first time a couple of weeks ago, I was anxious to write about it. It gave me a new outlook on endings in my life; a much healthier outlook. Often times I, as well as many other I assume, see endings as a bad, painful, regrettable events. The end of a loved one’s life, the end of relationships, the end of a good book or movie, even the end of a cereal box (my own personal horror), these are all things most people dread. Unless it was a negative thing in my life, I don’t think I have every chose to view the passing of someone or something in my life as a positive. I use the word chose, because I believe we all have a choice on how we experience or perceive the things that happen to us.
This may start sounding a bit esoteric, but bear with me if you will. I am a firm believer that God doesn’t give us anything we cannot handle. The obstacle placed in front of us may seem impossible in the moment, but it’s to be met with confidence. There’s a lesson to be learned; a life to be enriched. I am currently reading an amazing book that has helped me to view loss and failure as a productive necessity in life. The chapter that stands out to me the most describes life’s experiences as bricks. Each time we have new experience, or gain a new bit of knowledge, we add another brick to our structure. When we’re starting out in life the foundation for this structure is narrow and unstable and eventually – inevitably – something happens, a loss, an end, an earth shaking event that demolishes your structure of experience. All you’re left with is a big pile of rubble forcing you to rebuild. But this time your foundation is wider, stronger, and more able to handle outside stresses. In the process of picking up the pieces you reorganize your experiences, and gaining a different, better understanding of the world you live in. This will happen numerous times in our lives, and each time we will rebuild stronger and happier – if that’s the way you approach it. That is why we must have loss – it forces us to grow.
As much pain as it has caused me, I continue to enjoy in just going with the flow. Taking in all life throws at me as well as all it takes away. I don’t really understand people who try to control every aspect of their lives. Who, or what, they allow in it, for what duration, and when they push them, or it, out. It’s not all that often that life gives us gifts worth real substantial value. When presented with one I try to hold on to it till I can’t anymore, but just as the quote says, each end brings about new beginnings. Emerson said “What lies behind us, and what lies in front of us, are tiny matters compared to what lies within us”. Life is all a matter of how we view it.
That is a great quote to end on, as we tend to forget to look inside with all the outside stimuli
Great quote to end on. Love it