A great tragedy of our day is that we have no framework with which to process bad things. We do not process difficult things.
We ignore and soothe them.
Because we can’t process it, we become cynical and jaded. No longer is life a series of seasons where some are good and some are bad, now life is out to get me.
This is perhaps, the worst possible way to live.
It makes us reactive.
We must choose how we want to live and expect that difficulties will come in our pursuit of that goal.
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If what you are doing is important, you will encounter resistance. If what you are doing isn’t important it will be easy. (22) ~Donald Miller
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