OUCH!

Sometimes, life's lessons hurt!

Failures, losses, struggles, and deaths can wreak havoc on our lives. It is ok to grieve. It is ok to be sad or frustrated or angry or disjointed. It is ok to feel weakened or unstable or insecure. It is ok to occasionally rant or vent or have an outburst.

What is NOT ok, is to let it consume you. It is NOT ok to direct those feelings toward other people in a demeaning manner. It is NOT ok to hold on to that sadness, anger, frustration, and disjointedness.

"Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are."
                                                                                         ~ Bernice Johnson Reagon

You are not met with any challenge that does not hold within it, a lesson for you. Growth, humility, acceptance, endurance, persistence, or a cazillion other opportunities. Look beyond your tears. They will dry, eventually. Search beyond your anger. It will exhaust you. Seek the treasures that can be found in the midst of whatever chaos you might be facing. They are there! Pain, in whatever form it takes, is most useful when it's overcome!