For once this post isn't about our children. It's about other people's children and their parents. Sometimes you have no idea of what people have to struggle with on a daily basis, what it takes for them just to get out of bed every day and face their challenges. It can be substance abuse, depression, other mental or chronic illness, learning differences, relationship heartache, body pain, you name it----- folks are dealing with it. And you have no idea at all and they are doing it alone.
A man I know is facing huge health issues and still he goes to work everyday just happy to have work to go to and to be alive. Many of his old friends didn't make it. His wife and child also have challenges of their own. This family makes me realize how blessed we are, how fortunate. When this man smiles at me and thanks me for our prayers, my hope is renewed. We are all in this together.
So be glad. Maybe this describes your life but maybe it doesn't. Smile. Buy someone a coffee. Take a minute to talk. Ask a person "How's it going?". Maybe they will tell you the truth and maybe they won't but at the very least they will know you care. And that is what it is all about, isn't it?
A man I know is facing huge health issues and still he goes to work everyday just happy to have work to go to and to be alive. Many of his old friends didn't make it. His wife and child also have challenges of their own. This family makes me realize how blessed we are, how fortunate. When this man smiles at me and thanks me for our prayers, my hope is renewed. We are all in this together.
So be glad. Maybe this describes your life but maybe it doesn't. Smile. Buy someone a coffee. Take a minute to talk. Ask a person "How's it going?". Maybe they will tell you the truth and maybe they won't but at the very least they will know you care. And that is what it is all about, isn't it?
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