Moments In Life

We all have those moments we go through that we would like to forget.  No, I'm not talking about being drunk on a Saturday night and wishing you had never gone out.  I'm talking about those core moments in life where things were tough and you muscled your way through it.

The moments where people were more irritating then welcoming to you.  The moments where you didn't know if you could go another day.  The moments where you weren't sure how you were going to pay the bills, put gas in the car or buy enough food to eat.

It is in these moments that we learn so much, even when it is more difficult then we can imagine.  It is in these moments when we find not only our limits but our strength of endurance far beyond what we thought was possible.  It is in these moments that we see our life more clearly than ever before.

I'll admit that going through these moments in life is not fun.  I've had my fair share of them and all too often they exhaust me.  I also know that they have helped me get to the moment of life I am now in.  Without these times, I might have skated right past them and missed the dance.

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What Illness Teaches Me

One of the things that I learn when I'm sick is more how others feel.  Whether it is back pain or a cold or some muscle ache I've gone through, first hand experience gives me insight into what others face.  We may think we know what it is like to walk in the shoes of another person, but until we've walked in their footsteps, we truly don't understand it.

Even if we have been through some period of illness or pain, time often helps us forget the true ordeal we went through.  Yes, we may remember many parts of what happened, but so much of it gets lost in time.

I'm not promoting the concept that we should be sick and in pain all the time.  This would not be fun for anything and I would think is opposite to the human experience as one can be.  Yet, I know that when we face those rough moments in life, we're much more compassionate towards others.