I Just Don’t Get It

In discussing the loss of a friend with

some youthful friends,

I decided that they just don’t get it.

Life hurts.

Some youthful souls have a sort of insulation from some of

life’s most hurtful experiences.

As we mature, we open ourselves up to all

sorts of winnings and losings.

That’s Life.

There are different ways of coping.

Some people give FAITH a try.

Some don’t.

I understand.

Doubt is the ants in the pants of faith.

Maybe you just don’t get it and you just don’t care.

O.K.

Sometimes, I run out of answers.

Maybe you are part of a different kind of religion or

no religion.

O.K.

Somebody cares.

I accept that not everybody believes in a HIGHER POWER.

It’s a personal choice.

It is a choice that can not be FORCED upon someone.

The journey from ‘I just don’t get it’ to an ‘ah-hah! moment’

is a long and winding road.

I am not so sure that it is an easy one.

Even if it were easy, some days aren’t much fun.

It is on these lonely, boring, dark, dreary days, when

the sun is NOT shining that we can BELIEVE that

the sun will come out tomorrow. That is FAITH.

It is standing in the rain, soaking wet, splattered with

mud and believing that you will see the SUN again.

Hope is seeing the way you want the world to be when

it is NOT the way you want the world to be- and

going for it.

It is to SEE what isn’t there- right now.

Sounds pretty weird to me.

But, it works.