The Best of Benedictions

Today's Quote:
"Accept the pain, cherish the joys, resolve the regrets, then can come the best of benedictions: If I had my life to live over, I'd do it all the same."... Joan McIntosh

This quote assigns actions that will guarantee closure upon even the saddest segments or the most stressful situations of a lifetime. The joyful is cherished in an almost automatic fashion by the vast majority, but the other actions are not accomplished quite so effortlessly. Sadly other people will not always simply honor our need to move on without willingly lugging any heavy baggage they packed especially for our journey. The fact that it is our journey is often lost on our fellow travelers.

At times it will be necessary to do our part and leave them to do theirs. It is not a crime that we do not travel at the same speed, but demanding that anyone else adopt our rate of acceleration is unrealistic and doomed to certain failure. Some people soar while others squat over what once was, as if their dangling there will resurrect what for you is dead and ready to be buried. We each have to pace ourselves at a rate that gets us through the rough spots in good enough shape to keep moving forward. There are roads where slowing down is fatal, so causing anyone else to do so seems a crime.

We each have demons, but holding them in a tight hug only invites them to lay eggs and multiply both in number and in strength. Doing our best is really all anyone can expect, and holding onto guilt and sorrow is not the best we can do; humans have an almost limitless capacity to heal and prosper in spite of the most horrid situations. But it cannot be accomplished while wallowing in old sorrows. Soaring instead of sinking to the level of any uncontrollable situation is the wisest mode of transportation to get past the past. Come on.... think about it.... let it ride.... then YOU decide!!!!