“Stinging Setbacks” Blog #24
Just when You have it all worked out, the bottom drops out - You are asked to TRUST.
Yet, if a person has no faith, what are they supposed to trust in?
If a person suddenly has a tremendous setback in any part of their life that takes major
mind setting trust - what exactly can someone trust in when the
“complete unplanned for” happens?
There is no possible way of getting everything you want, every single day and not
having any setback. This is life and each and everyone of us are party to it. We came
into life alone and we will go out of life alone. In the in-between, the day to day journey
that takes us either down or up depending on the event. One single phone call and the
whole world can change for you in an instance. How do I know this? I have been alive
for over seven decades and I know this to be a fact. I have tried desperately to do it
alone - I failed. There is not one single person alive that can safely say without a doubt
in their mind, they are prepared completely for the unexpected.
No one is prepared for the unexpected.
Yet, we all go along our way, each and every day, for the most part - not thinking about
the unexpected that can bring into our fold, horrific setbacks. Does a person ever stop
to think that our “Life Lessons” are IN the setbacks? Do we even ask ourselves “why ARE
we here? As we acquire more things and more people in our life we take on more daily
problems and little by little the right attitude toward life, the spiritual piece, the part that
really matters - gets shoved way in the back,
until………….
Now you might say to yourself right now, “Oh, I have my moments, I know the right thing
to do and I maybe, just maybe, I might believe there is something else to my life, a
deeper piece, if only I was given a little glimpse, a little miracle, or a little unseen help
when I really need it, other wise what’s the use?” How many of us have that thought?
Probably all of us, at one time or another. Yet, as I sit here and write this I believe with
my whole heart, it is the life lessons each and every day, especially the setbacks, the
sadness, and the death we deal with that teaches us great lessons we must learn.
I would do anything in my power to bring my daughter back alive again. At the end of
her short life, she had so many setbacks, so many stinging setbacks. She chose and she
believed if she medicated herself enough, it would all go away. So she took another pill,
drank another drink, and did it work? It did, and so she is gone. Did she die because
of purposely choosing this? Or was there one drink too many and one pill pushing
her over the edge? We will never know. Look at what set-backs occurred when she
left this earth. Her children, her family and so many others all around her energy, were
devastated by her loss. The horrific setback that happened will be a life lesson for her
children as long as they are alive. They did not choose this lesson to have to learn from,
it was given to them.
My daughter Bridget was brilliant. She was beautiful. She was funny. Bridget could not
handle setbacks and she had not incorporated FAITH into her life. She would never have
abused her body and her mind IF she believed “her body was the temple of God”. She
never would have given into the stinging setbacks that kept happening, if she was able
to use the tools of her faith and incorporate this into her life. Because of her choices in
life, the rest of her family as well as me, her mother, experienced stinging setbacks for
the rest of our lives.
However, I do believe in HIS light that has shown me beyond a doubt that we are not
from here, we are only here on earth to learn our lessons and to help other people. It’s
up to us each and every day to find a way. Study, learn and pray and find a way to
have courage.
STAY STRONG IN THE MIDST OF DARKNESS
The hardest part is to Trust in this statement. I know this. I have been there. I have been
to the darkest place and back. Trust me, there is no other way. Cold turkey, straight on,
no leaning on drugs, alcohol or pills. Just using the mind HE gave me and believing
“this too will pass”.
So as I close today, on a shorter note but still so important. I want to share these words.
I did it. You can do it too. You can trust in HIM to take it from here. Say a quiet prayer to
yourself now and know and believe and trust if it is for your highest good and the
highest intent of your deserving it, then it will be known to you. There is a brilliant saying
and it goes like this….
“Be in the world, but not of the world.”
Finances are huge. Financial setbacks can be crippling. A car breaking down,
thousands of dollars owed can bring on true anger and fear and rejection of HIM.
This means don’t get caught up in the every day trials and tribulations - move on.
Even if I have a life altering event, my daughter dies and no longer here. This is a life-
altering event truly, but I cannot remain angry at HIM. I have to renew my faith and
make it stronger. This is the key. This is being in the world but not being caught up in it.
We have to live in the world, we have no choice, but we can choose to have HIM with us
every move. This is critical advice that we should all try to encompass in all of our lives
24/7. Finally before I close, remember this,
You are never alone. We are never alone. HE is with you every step of the way.
Now I ask you sincerely, “Do you have the tools ready for all of YOUR setbacks?”
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