Apr 09 2009
Woes of our Lives - Pass It On
Last night I found myself in amongst a group of fellow writers sharing my woes. Later as I drove myself home I couldn’t help thinking, why I would do such a thing. I wasn’t telling these acquaintance my problems, troubles, and woes because I wanted them to pity me, or feel bad for me. But why would I just put myself down and let people know what my life was like financially, spiritually, and relation wise?
Because I’m human like everyone else.
My hot-water tank needs replaced, my kids swing set never put in the back yard because I can’t afford landscaping ties to finish leveling the spot where it will go, both my vacuum cleaners are broken (yep, I’ve got two thanks to a generous mother in law), and I owe a doctor in New York more than what it would cost to buy a new car in medical bills for one of my children.
These are the woes of my life. So what am I going to do about them?
First, I’m going to stop thinking of these woes as the shovel to the rut I’m in, and start thinking of them as a rung to a ladder in which I need to climb out of the rut instead.
We all have the woes in our lives, the rut that keeps getting bigger and the trench we leave behind as move forward.
Don’t compare yourself with anyone else. Don’t look at my troubles and think yours are any worse or any better. Our ruts are made from different woes, even if they sound similar.
Today, get out your ladder, label your rungs and start climbing. There’s a hand at the top of the trench waiting to pull you up on soild ground, all you have to do is reach for it.
When you’ve climbed your ladder, gotten out of the trench, take your ladder (hope, faith, love, compassion, mercy) and pass it on.
