It's a heavy day today. Tough times at work with things up in the air. One best friend is going through a hard time and is going to court tomorrow for a divorce and custody hearing. My friend Brody (the ranger shot in Moab) was downgraded from Serious to Critical condition today. He's fighting infections and struggling. But I can't do anything. I feel like I am in the eye of the storm and watching my friends getting beaten down by the wind and I'm helpless. What do you do? Pray? Get mad? Cut them loose? Curse? Pray harder? I don't know. But you can't give up on them. You still hope and grieve and struggle for them. There's no magic wand or button or word that will fix everything. You just continue on and hope they do too.
And it's the holiday season. People need a little help. I've seen a bunch of suggestions out there. Send a card to a wounded soldier. Buy a gift and donate it to someone who needs it. Send a plate of goodies somewhere. Smile. Help. Lift. Stand. That's the only remedy I've found that will always work, will always make me feel better. Because now someone else feels better too.
In a whirlwind, what goes around, definitely comes around.
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