Well, this is my first attempt at blogging. I've always sucked at journaling, so we will see how this goes. I was inspired today by the movie Julie & Julia and thought I'd give this a try. So many random thoughts go through my head, so this gives me a place to deposit some of them. I have been told I'm eccentric so there will be a lot of random "musing" to follow. So for today let's start with my favorite quote:
"Life breaks everyone; but some grow back stronger in the broken places." Ernest Hemingway
As a counselor I believe, I have to believe, that this is true. I've never been one to fall for stereotypes or quick answers. But lately I've started to doubt that anyone really comes out of life actually living. I mean does it really do any good -- the job I do? I work with severely abused children and adolescents and I wonder if they will ever "make it" whatever that means. Isn't it true that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree? What if people just continue the cycle they were born into? What if instead of bitter or better, most people just become bitter. But I have to believe...
Getting a little jaded lately, but then I ran into some friends at dinner that typify this quote. Both were abandoned and abused by their families of origin. Yet they found each other, have three beautiful children and continue to experience the grace and blessings of God. They truly have grown stronger in the broke places. More on this thought later.
And then I remember the friends who I've been blessed to see become "better" and stronger in the broken places. I remembered the "chips" I've given in various AA or NA meetings to those friends...testimonies I've heard at CR meetings...examples I've seen through friends. So for now, I will continue to choose to believe.
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