I have been gone from the Rain for some time now as a result of circumstances beyond my control. Had it not been for some "Wonderful "People", I may not be returning to the Rain. These "Wonderful "People" wento out of their way to make contact with me because they were concerned. This speaks to the quality of character these "Wonderful "People" exhibit and it is this character trait that has kept me with a desire to return. Those of you wondering who these "Wonderful "People" are, by nature of the fact that you are having to ask, are not one of them. Suffice it to say that the "Wonderful "People" character trait does not show up in many people and when it does, it makes a difference in the lives of those it touches. It does not take but a little time to call or email to check in with each other.
To those "Wonderful "People", everything I have or can accomplish is yours for the asking. My heartfelt appreciation goes out to you.
During the time I was away, one of the "Wonderful "People" challenged me to write a post centering around two words ---- difficult and different. This came about as we discussed simply some of the things going on at the time. So with that having been said, I will make the attempt to share with all of you the background.
Webster defines these two wrds in the following ways:
DIFFICULT ---- 1: hard to do, make, or carry out : arduous <a difficult climb>2 a: hard to deal with, manage, or overcome <a difficult child> b: hard to understand : puzzling <difficult reading>
DIFFERENT ---- 1: partly or totally unlike in nature, form, or quality : dissimilar <could hardly be more different> -often followed by from, than, or chiefly British to<small, neat hand, very different from the captain's tottery characters - R. L. Stevenson><vastly different in size than it was twenty-five years ago - N. M. Pusey><a very different situation to the...one under which we live - Sir Winston Churchill>
I like the Churchill quote and would say this is where most of us find ourselves today.
During a time when things have changed so drastically, it is our choice to look at how we live everyday with the changes we have no chance of controlling. Many of you have read my posts about how different my life has been compared to some other more normal lives, so as I encountered some new issues, I had to decide to look at them either as different or difficult. I have never liked the word difficult as it has a negative feeling to me and chose to see things as different.
Different, to me, has neither a negative or a positive feeling to it. Iyt is just what it is, different. To me, that means I may have never seen something like it before and I would need to look at it closely to know how to work with it. If we realize that everyone, everyday, has different things show up in their lives and we chose to work with those things instead of fighting for control, we would walk forward much easier and not bump our head into so many obstacles. For me, the ability to walk with the differences in this world easily comes from my faith in God. Having encountered the things that have encroached my life, have taught me that most of the time I will not control what is going on around me. The one thing I can and do control is how I get to view those things.
With all that is going on around us today, with so many different things getting in front of us, my challenge to myself as well as you is to walk down the path we find ourself on looking forward to seeing things from a viewpoint that build character in all of us like the character exhibited by those "Wonderful People" I shared about earlier. God is waiting for us to participate daily (constantly) with Him so we have the skillsets to travel the paths of this world.
Again, thank you to those "Wonderful People" out there. While I was writing this, two of them checked in with me again.
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