It kind of scares me when at the start of a new year that my last consisted of nothing but really good things. You can be optimistic and positive but you know that life is full of surprises and you can really never count on what the next day holds.
I feel kind of arrogant at this time in my life that I think I can handle most of what is thrown at me. I've lost friends and loved ones and lived through some very difficult times. However, my home has never been destroyed by a natural disaster. I have never been hungry. I have never had a loved one do something I was ashamed of. I have never been beaten or raped. And, I never lost everything I had.
When I look at 2011 I have to pray that life continues to be as always full of, what are minor, ups and downs. I follow the rules of "God never gives you more than you can handle". And.....
God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
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