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I got up yesterday expecting to have a lovely day and instead it was stressful and trying and that's carried on today too and in fact with the volume turned past 10 and up to 12.
I have my own personal beliefs which I'm not going to bother others with too much as we're all free to believe what we want and follow our own path. I will share that I believe that we are tested and one day judged and maybe what I'm going through now is my test on which I'll be judged. I think about that and the effect I have on others and their lives when I go to bed and when I get up in the morning.
In another thread I posted the words to "Footsteps in the sand." It's something I read often, not every day but often, and it and some passages in the bible and a Buddhist book I have and songs and poems help when I can't see a way forward and feel as if I'm at my end.
So, I thought I'd open a thread for people who want to share something that just might help either themselves or someone else to make it through another minute/night/day. It might be the lyrics of a song or a link to one, a poem, a joke, a photo or anything really. Whatever gets you through.
One from me...
Footprints in the sand.
One night I dreamed a dream.
As I was walking along the beach with my Lord.
Across the dark sky flashed scenes from my life.
For each scene, I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand,
One belonging to me and one to my Lord.
After the last scene of my life flashed before me,
I looked back at the footprints in the sand.
I noticed that at many times along the path of my life,
especially at the very lowest and saddest times,
there was only one set of footprints.
This really troubled me, so I asked the Lord about it.
"Lord, you said once I decided to follow you,
You'd walk with me all the way.
But I noticed that during the saddest and most troublesome times of my life,
there was only one set of footprints.
I don't understand why, when I needed You the most, You would leave me."
He whispered, "My precious child, I love you and will never leave you
Never, ever, during your trials and testings.
When you saw only one set of footprints,
It was then that I carried you."
If someone has something to post, please do.
I have my own personal beliefs which I'm not going to bother others with too much as we're all free to believe what we want and follow our own path. I will share that I believe that we are tested and one day judged and maybe what I'm going through now is my test on which I'll be judged. I think about that and the effect I have on others and their lives when I go to bed and when I get up in the morning.
In another thread I posted the words to "Footsteps in the sand." It's something I read often, not every day but often, and it and some passages in the bible and a Buddhist book I have and songs and poems help when I can't see a way forward and feel as if I'm at my end.
So, I thought I'd open a thread for people who want to share something that just might help either themselves or someone else to make it through another minute/night/day. It might be the lyrics of a song or a link to one, a poem, a joke, a photo or anything really. Whatever gets you through.
One from me...
Footprints in the sand.
One night I dreamed a dream.
As I was walking along the beach with my Lord.
Across the dark sky flashed scenes from my life.
For each scene, I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand,
One belonging to me and one to my Lord.
After the last scene of my life flashed before me,
I looked back at the footprints in the sand.
I noticed that at many times along the path of my life,
especially at the very lowest and saddest times,
there was only one set of footprints.
This really troubled me, so I asked the Lord about it.
"Lord, you said once I decided to follow you,
You'd walk with me all the way.
But I noticed that during the saddest and most troublesome times of my life,
there was only one set of footprints.
I don't understand why, when I needed You the most, You would leave me."
He whispered, "My precious child, I love you and will never leave you
Never, ever, during your trials and testings.
When you saw only one set of footprints,
It was then that I carried you."
If someone has something to post, please do.