LIFE IS HARD
- Gwen Henderson
- Feb 10
- 2 min read
LIFE IS HARD
A truer statement has never been made, “Life is hard.” One day is filled with resistance followed by the next which may be as hard or harder or it may be easier. One thing you can depend on is that life will not go smoothly day after day or bad days will not continue forever. A superb day filled with impressive accomplishments and productivity is not a guarantee for the next day. And therein lies the first challenge, the unpredictability of life. Good runs do not beget good runs. The second challenge is to look at the big picture and to continue to live and thrive regardless of the circumstances. Because life is hard and unpredictable, a posture of friendship with life is a best practice I believe.
I started with saying, “life is hard.” I add to that “and every day is a good day.” (even those that seem awful in the moment). Nothing is perfect. I could have easily inserted the word relationship for life. One of the most liberating moments of my life was the realization that I am in a relationship with myself, and it is called life. My relationship with myself is much like breathing - just because I am engaged in “whatever,” doesn't mean that I get to go outside of myself, deal with the “whatever,” and come back to the relationship with me. It is never me or the situation, it is always me and the situation. It is this complexity that causes me to write, “Life is hard, and every day is a good day.”
Hard as life may be, what else is there to do with life but live it? Die? For the mentally stable death is not an option available on demand. The harshness of life may cause some to live it as if they were dead but sadly, they still live. Every day is a good day because the hardness become an opportunity to discover and refine a bit of one humanness.
I am stuck in my life. Being stuck can be looked at as a laborious or arduous condition or as a life commitment to be embraced. I am stuck with my life and joyfully embrace the relationship that I have with it whatever the circumstances or unpredictable-ness… joyfulness does not always include happiness.
PONDER THIS THOUGHT--- Chinese proverb, “The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.”
The statement is true that everyday is a good day in the sense that even the hard days will work together for my good for the Word promises that all things(even the hard) work together for the good of them who love the Lord..
Von
I choose to be thankful for the hard days because it helps me realize the blessings in life. If all was good and easy how would I recognize them without the challenges?