amongst the varied experiences in my life, i've had to walk through an odd, 'new' and particularly painful route this past month. like i typically ask of anything and everything that occurs in my life, i kept asking "why?", "what..?", "when..?", "where..?" and even the most dreaded "what if..?"
as i kept mullin over the events and replaying every scene in my head, trying to figure out what i could have done / do differently to avoid this particularly challenging path, i remember thinking "why me? why do i have to go through this? i have wronged nobody!!"
... and then the answer came to me.. today.
a random camp counselor who i'd just come into contact with in the last week stopped by my office "to say hi".. this is when my day-long plan - to 'sneak my way out' through the front doors of the building on time - hit a dead end.
as we spoke for a few minutes, i realized she was talkin about painfully similar circumstances, she was travelling through the same, maybe worse, road that i had treaded.. i was able to talk to her, have empathy (not just sympathy) and pray with her, carrying a portion of her burden - not just pretending to understand (not just saying, "yeah, i know how you feel", but really partaking of her feelings of pain and hopelessness)
there is a reason.
..for everything.
and now i know why.
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