How to Deal...?

Imagine a world so perfect...where all the elements of life fuse together in harmony. Now imagine your life. How perfect is your world?  Even with all the heartaches, stress and uncertainties that surround us, we have learned to accept them and integrate them as part of our perfect world.

I know my world is perfect. By God's grace we both have jobs and live a fabulous life.  We have tons of pets at home (a tank of Angel fish, a tank of Gold fish, two Turtles, three Guinea Pigs, and one Hamster). We rent an apartment that we call home. We have a car and an SUV. We have just enough people in our lives to love us unconditionally.  We have each other! And most importantly we have our God right smack in the middle of all this keeping it all in tact.  So even with all the bills, work related stress, random mood swings etc...our world is simply perfect.  When we focus on the important things that we cherish, everything else becomes so minor and nonexistent.

Just like a good frame is necessary to build a perfect house,  we all have building blocks (things we value) to make ourselves a "perfect" world.  Yet, with all the uncertainties that surround us, it's amazing how we take so much for granted. How are we to deal when a wave of uncertainty comes crashing down on our building blocks?

I write this with the utmost humility and even a moment of vulnerability and weakness.  I am one of those that forget to count my blessings when my life is going as I desire.  A couple of weeks ago I was reminded the fact that my life, as I know it, had so many areas that were beyond my control.  I admit it was quite overwhelming! The thought of possibly losing a building block, meant that some of the other blocks might shake or maybe even fall!!!  It has forced me to reevaluate my priorities, and the amount of importance I give to my so called building blocks.  A few days of being distracted  and annoyed has helped me conclude that the only perfect thing in my life is God. That's the building block that will never be shaken even if the others are out of place.  Everything else will come and go.  We are to make the most of the time we have with our loved ones, including our pets, cherish the precious moments in our home,cars, and even at work because all those things can disappear one day as well.  And the various burden that constantly surround us are simply to balance the equilibrium in our life and keep us real.

Do you find yourself struggling to deal with the uncertainties of life?  Are your struggles so much that you have forgotten to identify the 'building blocks' that would make your world perfect?  I hope what I have come to realize this past month will be something that can benefit you.  Life is too short for us to be disheveled with the unpredictable nature of circumstances that come our way.

The simple answer to the mind boggling question "How are we to deal?" is this:
When life serves you lemons, we gotta make yummylicious lemonade.


Mrs. Sgt. P.