Back in the saddle
L. Kevin McCormick
"Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way." -Booker T. Washington "Think of things not as they are, but as they might be. Don't merely dream - but create." -Robert Collier
This has been one of those wild weekends where you face your fears even though you never see it coming until someone has to remind you later what it was that stared you in the face. Yes, I had one of those crazy weekends where I was facing my past head on, and all I did was shake my head and kept moving forward. It never phased me and I didn't even stop to reflect on it. When I got home, my new home, I received a phone call and they called out of concern for me because they knew what I was going to face. they were shocked to find out that it never crossed my mind.
Why is it that over time we become stronger after we have been through something that comes so close to killing us and then it no longer has any control over us anymore? How is that possible?
"What doesn't kill us, makes us stronger"
Yes, what doesn't kill us, does make us stronger and it was long since rendered powerless to rule over our lives. From that moment forward it is benign, like walking down the sidewalk, it just is! It is there for us to walk on and keep us out of the on-coming traffic, but while we are being killed by it, even the good things in life are deadly painful until the brokenness finally heals.
We want to rush the process to be strong for those around us, our friends and family, but that only prolongs the suffering. What we need the most is to accept our weakness for what they are and sit still until the time is right. If we are obedient in that, we will be stronger than we were before but not until we are rendered useless first.
I rode a beautiful white Arabian horse today and I enjoyed the ride. I wanted to keep ridding for hours but it has been too long since I last climbed up in the saddle, so I had to take it slow and easy today. I will be back to do it again soon and begin building my endurance as the days, weeks and months unfold. So at the end of the day, "I'm satisfied" which is to say, I'm well pleased with my humble beginning and now I am going to savor the experience and yearn for more.
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8 年Moving through some difficult issues right now in my life. Great words of encouragement.
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8 年So enjoyed this article, it touched my soul. It's so hard to turn those pages of our life , learn from it and move forward , without constantly looking back- possibly yearning, grieving or stressing. The If's And's and But's ......... I finally learned to turn it over to him and realize he is large and in charge ??. Thank you for sharing your article.