A dear friend of mine told me once that a mother's happiness quotient was only that of the most unhappy of her children. And she was correct. Today I am hurting for one of my children in the most deep and painful ways. One of my children is facing tough todays and tomorrows and I so want to help...but I can not. I would love to shelter each of my children from all hurts and unhappiness but that is not the way to help them through these times. One only grows when one faces and conquers the problems that are the reality of day to day. In an ideal world, all would be fair and everyone would always succeed at all that they did. In an ideal world, no one would ever be hurt. No one would ever have a broken heart or have failed dreams. The path taken would always be the correct one and the outcome of all situations would be the best of results!! I would love to live in that world.
Reality is never as pretty as I want it to be. But, better to face the unpleasantness and get on with the dance. I am happy that I face these issues and discuss them. As we say in our family, we not only discuss a problem, we dissect it and beat it to a pulp. When we have finally "chewed it all that we can" then we move on. So.... today, I am mentally chewing the gristle of the problem facing my child and deciding that I am almost ready to spit it out. I have chewed all angles and gotten all the benefits of the situation "laid out" and I am ready to "let go and let God" handle the rest.
Glad that I woke up today and decided that this would be a problem I would address. I will help make that child have the faith in themself to get through this time and to see the better path that will develop from this turmoil. There is always a reason that one is faced by these issues and the story that will evolve will show us the why when we need to see it.
A better day will be on the horizon.
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