Go with the Flow
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Why a blurry photo of flowers? Because they’re pretty, just go with it.
I must say, the past year has taught me volumes in “going with the flow.” I have learned how to handle disappointment, sudden news, bad news, and scary news. I have learned to calm down and, when necessary, go limp and just let the situation pan out. As a control freak, it is hard to relinquish control over a situation; but truth is, you never have control over the situation. That’s just your brain tricking you into thinking you can be omnipresent and call the shots. Its all out of our hands. As cliche as it sounds, the real trick is how you handle the situations life dishes out. You can either be stubborn and delusional or accept unchangeable factors with grace and the changeable ones with gratitude.
Although I can’t always get to the grace right away, I have learned to get there a little bit sooner. I have had a year of professional set-backs, medical surprises and a few other things. But as dramatic as they seemed at the time (and 9 months of that time was teeming with pregnancy hormones) I made it through each and every one. And to get cliche again, I am a better and stronger person for it.
So many people I know are dealing with stressful situations right now; though you might not be able to fix the situation you are in, you can control the way it affects you. If you can’t find a silver lining, then at least take comfort in the fact that it can’t last forever, and you will get through it. I think my readership of 2-6 (oh, and all that Russian spam I get) can agree that tomorrow is another day.
I truly believe everything happens for a reason, even if it doesn’t make sense in a day, a month, a year, a decade, or ever. My faith in that gets me through the hard times and helps me to appreciate and to be extremely thankful for all the good times.
