Contentment......

This week I had the pleasure of meeting an elderly man in his seventies. He resides in a nursing home. He is spunky, full of life, and very with it if you know what I mean. We had a very pleasant conversation as I joined him for a bit down memory lane. The older I get the more I value what the elderly have to say!....I guess it takes me growing up to realize just what is ahead for me as to what to "look" for now as life goes by...

I asked him what is a life lesson he would want a young person to know. Here is what he had to say "have an open mind and learn to be content". I honestly walked away with a smile. He gave much to think on... Having an open mind that I think I got....at least what the concept means. Don't assume anything....always ask....and be willing to change course or ideas as necessary. The practice of that ...well is a practice a choice every day. What stuck me most of what he said was the second part...."to learn to be content". Mind you I have heard this before many times.....is even in the Bible! Now putting that to practice....now that has been my challenge. Contentment in the good times no problem. Contentment in the difficult times, when my heart is broken...now how does that one do that???....Hmmmm.....

The only thing I have a grasp of is this....life is a matter of seasons....things change....so holding on to the hope that this too shall pass or change helps..... But is that contentment? Something tells me there is sooo much more to this....to be continued for sure!

Why Resist?

Have you noticed a pattern in your life?.....that which we tend to be most resistive to ....end up being the most beneficial or fulfilling. I have noticed that pattern in the lives of others and at times remarked on it with a smile or a laugh. Now that I have lived a little more myself am seeing in my own life. So of course I have been thinking and wondering about this. Why in fact do we resist when in the end when we give in so to speak...we are the ones that benefit the most. So why then do fight that thing so much? Is it fear? Is it doubt? Is it timing? Is it control and our illusion of it?? Just a thought as the weekend comes to an end ....and the resistance of Monday creeps in....

In time....

Been thinking a lot about the choices that we make and the questions I have often asked along my life journey. I am certainly one of those that had a lot of questions and still do....in the past the answers did not come along easily....now reflecting I realize ...things do happen for a reason, they do fall into place, and in time they make sense. There is peace and contentment in this awareness. Is a matter of time it seems....to ask, discover, and understand. When the answers come and we are not ready to "get it" so to speak ....we miss out on the richness inherent in the lessons. The "waiting" is the hardest part....some times it hurts and sometimes it cuts really deep. It is in the waiting though that character is built and strenght is achieved...inner strength. Sadly though is character and strength still valued in our society today. In a world where there is no waiting and everything is in an instant. Has waiting become obsolete? Is waiting a dirty word? Have we lost the art (as painfall as it might be) to know how to wait and in such learn the value of time? Are we getting lost in the vastness of speed technology brings us? I will be the first to admit it. I dont particular like to wait....especially those long seasons of waiting....but I am finally beginning to see the benefit and reap the rewards it brings.