When life is hard

Having been through two unwanted divorces, the Creator’s Classroom talks about how to find hope and purpose when life hurts.

Incubators are marvelous devices. They perform magic as they provide heat to fertilized eggs which hatch into fuzzy babies. As “eggciting” as it is to see the babies emerge, that magic requires a great amount of struggle. There is a lesson to be found in a young bird’s journey to the outside world. We may struggle too, but we can find joy after pain and hurt.

I never met Donna, but it seemed like I knew her. Even though ill, those around her felt blessed to be in her presence. She was a flower quickly fading but still finding peace in terminal illness. What gave her peace? Read on.

As my 14 year old grandchild approaches driving age, I have been thinking about my brave dad as he taught me to drive a stick shift many years ago, and my mother’s white knuckles the first time she was my passenger. As humorous as this recollection may seem, there is a lesson to be found in it. When trying to find hope on the road of life, is forgetting the past a good thing, or not?

I have never been a prisoner of war but I have been a prisoner of my own thoughts. What about you? Are your thoughts holding you captive? (read more)