Trust

"Life is a great mystery to be lived

moment by moment, not a problem

to be solved once and for all."

(Jackson Kiddard)

Life does throw us curveballs.  Maybe to wake us up?  Make us move?  Take action?  Live.

It's been a rough couple of days.  And today just put the icing on the cake of BAD.  When it rains, it pours, right?  That's how the saying goes?  

But as rough as it has been, and as bad as today was, I'm once again reminded of how beautiful life is in all its trials and intricacies.  I'm surrounded by love and goodness. 

I'm a firm believer that everything happens for a reason.  Even the things that hurt us.  Because in time, it all works out.  Things fall into place.  And we eventually discover the reason why our hearts were broken in the first place.  And why, sometimes, accidents happen.

Okay, I admit, I don't understand why accidents happen.

But I believe that in some strange way, it is to test us.  I think I posted this quote before, but it's one of my favorite from The Alchemist.  I need to be reminded of it again. 

"before a dream is realized, the Soul of the World tests everything

that was learned along the way.  It does this not because it is evil,

but so that we can, in addition to realizing our dreams,

master the lessons we've learned as we've moved toward that dream. 

That's the point at which most people give up.  It's the point at which,

as we say in the language of the desert, one 'dies of thirst just

when the palm trees have appeared on the horizon.'

"Every search begins with beginner's luck.  And every search

ends with the victor's being severely tested."

The boy remembered an old proverb from his country. 

It said that the darkest hour of the night came just before the dawn. 

Life does throw us curveballs.  And bad things happen.  Accidents happen.  But if we keep on going, tomorrow may be a better day.  Tomorrow all our dreams may come true.