Sometimes things happen in your life (or at least they do in my life) that have no meaning at the time. In fact, they are hassles - taking energy and providing nothing of value.
Or so it seems.
Then, some time in the future - perhaps even years away from those "hassles" - the skills learned, the resiliency developed, the knowledge you wanted in the first place - those things become a source of comfort, strength, or wisdom. Often, those things become the tools with which you find the ability to help others.
Today, I have considered all the ways, big and small, events and experiences from my past have resonated through my life to provide resources I never knew I had. Today, I considered how trauma in my past provided wisdom to help another. Today, I heart-felt the difference between "being broken" and "being tempered".
Laura
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