I was emailing with a friend from San Francisco who I haven’t spoken with in a while. In describing our lives, she made the comment, “Isn’t life funny, when you say you can’t handle something, sure enough that is what life gives you.” <\/p>\n
To prove you wrong.<\/p>\n
We were speaking about being a single parent, but this goes for just about everything. Yesterday, I was speaking to someone about my finances and the person said, “I need to know I have money in the bank to pay my bills before I can relax.” <\/p>\n
I’ve learned to do the faith walk on finances among other things. <\/p>\n
Is life funny? I guess it can be, and is, a lot of times, but sometimes I am not looking at the humorous side of events. Sometimes, I am just thinking my cup is half empty – hey, it happens even to Pollyannas like myself. Sometimes I’m wondering what’s it all about and why do I feel like I’m circling the drain. <\/p>\n
I do, though, want to believe, that when the giant flush happens I go down on my back saying WHEEEE. But sometimes, it’s okay to be mired in gloomy, because it makes those rays of light so much more profound when you see them. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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