Humbling
(audio version)
Read: Lamentations 3:37-41
It's a humbling experience when one who thinks he is self-sufficient finds out he is not. I had surgery on the bottom of my foot which made it difficult to get around, became house bound, and had to depend on others to take care of the bandages. As the days went by I found myself annoyed by any little thing that went wrong. It wasn't poor me, it was just intolerance for any little mishap. It's easy to magnify any small thing when the overall outlook for the day is just more of the same old stuff – shuffle instead of walk, kneel on a walker seat to keep from putting weight on the foot, and denounce any forgetful moment that meant retracing steps to retrieve something or turn something on or off.
Many things could be worse than this, but it's hard to remember that when your negativity tank gets full.
Fortunately the old tenet came into play – "This too shall pass" – and it did. A positive outlook can empty the negativity tank quickly – thank you God!
Jack van Becelaere
(audio version)
Read: Lamentations 3:37-41
It's a humbling experience when one who thinks he is self-sufficient finds out he is not. I had surgery on the bottom of my foot which made it difficult to get around, became house bound, and had to depend on others to take care of the bandages. As the days went by I found myself annoyed by any little thing that went wrong. It wasn't poor me, it was just intolerance for any little mishap. It's easy to magnify any small thing when the overall outlook for the day is just more of the same old stuff – shuffle instead of walk, kneel on a walker seat to keep from putting weight on the foot, and denounce any forgetful moment that meant retracing steps to retrieve something or turn something on or off.
Many things could be worse than this, but it's hard to remember that when your negativity tank gets full.
Fortunately the old tenet came into play – "This too shall pass" – and it did. A positive outlook can empty the negativity tank quickly – thank you God!
Jack van Becelaere
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