Strength for Today

Vonita

Every so often I have a conversation with someone – a friend, acquaintance, whatever, that leaves me feeling somewhat like “what just happened there”. Usually it is because of my own poor conversational skills. Either being way too self-absorbed, or just plain old negative, and who wants to listen to that?

A few days ago I watched the second Bridget Jones instalment “The Edge of Reason”. At one point she finds herself in a Thai prison surrounded by a prison cell full of female prisoners. The conversation inevitably turned to the subject of partners and their personal experiences. Being beaten, abused etc. She tried to add to the conversation, but her own ex-partner’s failings fell a bit short. He folds his underwear before he goes to sleep. Well, she couldn’t finish her sentence because she realized how lame it sounded. She needed the terrible circumstances of those around her to see things in perspective.

This morning I shared my anxiety over some aspect of my life. My friend said to me, in nine years of being in Sydney, this has not happened to you as yet. True, it hasn’t. She offered the following advice. Today you do not have to solve anything. Just enjoy your circumstances as they are, and if at some point they change for the worst, then  you have reached the time to deal with it.

18 thoughts on “Strength for Today”

  3. I like your friend’s advice Vonita. However, I quite like the idea of not exactly being anxious about a situation that hasn’t happened yet, but perhaps in a calm way to preview the situation and think how you might handle it if it did happen. That way if it does, you are prepared, and if it doesn’t, that’s good too. I think it’s always easier to deal with an issue when you’re in a calm place than to deal with it when it becomes a crisis.

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  5. Such a wise and profound advice. I couldn’t agree more. Most things look much darker because we ourselves turn the light off. We are always where we are supposed to be and when change is supposed to happen, it will happen anyway and we will exactly know when it is time to act. Until then we should enjoy the good in all situations – because it is there – in order to strengthen ourselves and never forget that whatever happens, the sun still shines even when there are temporary clouds.

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