When we struggle to make it in life, everything seems difficult. Often we feel hopeless and full of despair. As someone told me not long ago, storms never last. We constantly have to keep perspective in our mind, because if we succumb to the despair, we'll write our own prophecy that things won't get better.
I've gone through some pretty tough times in my life. Growing up, I can remember living in cold Iowa farm houses with inadequate heat, not having enough food to eat at times, and where buying clothes was a luxury. Most people would not understand some of these things. In college, I was inbetween jobs and trying to support myself when I had to find a way to eat on $20 of groceries for the month. Even now, I'm in the midst of difficult times just like many others in our world. Struggling to make it in life is no stranger to me.
