Battles

Whether we want to admit it or not, each and every one of us is fighting a battle.  Some of us will complain about our battles all day long.  Others will never admit that there is ever any conflict in their lives.  But if I've learned anything from the 56 years of life I have lived, I've learned this:  Life is hard and SOMETIMES it's not.

It's like the weatherman saying, partly sunny.  Which means overcast with a chance of sun.  It took me a long time to realize that partly cloudy is better!

So, if I'm fighting a battle, you must be too.  Are you in my battle?  Maybe...but most of us fight battles against ourselves.  We don't trust. We forget all of the things we've learned in our lives. We hold grudges. We think that people will never change.  We think we deserve all this pain and misfortune we are experiencing.

If all the people in the world are feeling this way and we took just one moment of our lives to acknowledge their battle...what would the world be like?  If we believe that all people are good, knowing they're just fighting a battle we could show a little empathy.  Couldn't we?  Just imagine that!