Wednesday, October 9, 2013

You will or you won't,...

I think I've said this before,...but I'll say it again, because I believe it is worth repeating. Everything happens for a reason. Believe me when I say, it certainly does NOT always seem like it though.

I mean who would think there would actually be a "reason" for me as a young mother to have a grand mal seizure while cooking boiling hot malt-o-meal, causing second and third degree burns on 4% of my body? Would the reason be some kind of benefit I just couldn't see yet, for my 2 year old son? Was the reason so I could get a break from the painful relationship I was in at the time? That seems kinda drastic, but I do remember feeling like I was on vacation, laying there in the burn unit of Baptist Hospital. It was the very most painful thing I have ever, physically endured, yes, pregnancy included. At the time it seemed very difficult to find the reason why that happened to me.

What could possibly be the reason? Right? I have wondered from time to time over the years, and never really came up with a reason, until the moment came when I was able to share my story with someone that was going through something similar. It was a connection thing and that was the reason.

I guess you can't really find a reason WHY some things happen the way they do, until you are ready to stop asking why. When you let go of the WHY, you have hands and arms available for picking up and totally embracing the knowing. You don't have to KNOW the reason, you just have to KNOW that there is a reason. The reason will become very clear, right at the exact perfect moment.

And that, my friend, is when you will begin to believe for yourself that everything happens for a reason, or not. It really is your choice.

1 comment:

  1. Well said Angel, and "happy hump day" to you. They say "hindsight 20/20" for a reason. Your message was well put.
    Last week I had a particularly unraveling
    situation, but I am feeling much peace and understanding with it looking back. Sometimes unfortunate situations do need to take place. It's true, I tried to find out the "why's", but at the end of a few days, it's clear like day....We're going to come out ahead. Honesty with yourself will always help with discovery process, but sometimes you just can't think hard enough to even come up with a "why". If you're a morally sound person, love prevails in the end...

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