Thoughts on The Invitation - part 3

If you have followed along this far, bless you for indulging me. If this is the first time you have checked out my blog, please start at my earlier post titled, "The Invitation". Now on to my ponderings...

3. "It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon. I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow, if you have been opened by life's betrayals, or have become shriveled and closed from fear or further pain."

There is definately truth to the old saying, what doesn't kill us makes us stronger, but that is hardly comforting when you are going trough hard times. Sometimes life just isn't fair, we have to deal with all kinds of pain and tribulations: illness, financial setbacks, betrayal from friends or family, and the cruelest of all, death. If it were not for the hard times, we could never really appreciate the good ones. Have you ever noticed how the death of a loved one can bring feuding families together? Or how when the chips are down you really find out who your friends are? When you become open to life's betrayals you begin to see the meaning behind them. They are just merely obsticals that God placed in front of us from which we can learn from and ultimately help others who are facing them. The stronger we are, the more firm our grip becomes when we reach out to those who need it.

I do not wish any trials or tribulations to come upon any of you. But I do wish you the strenth and courage to face them when/if they do show up.

CJ