I start this blog in gratitude to Therese B. who writes a blog on beliefnet and offers me so much hope and inspiration and Jude who challenges me more than she knows to be the best person that I can be . . .
Who knows where this will go or what creative avenues it will open but for today, just for today, this is enough!
Some days I hear the question or live the thought, "why do bad things happen to good people?" and someday I think I will have the answer . . . today I have only the question.
The news today spoke of the Dali Lama's nephew being struck by a car and killed in Florida.
The Dali Lama?? A more peaceable person I've yet to know, and yet, somehow, even his world is struck with tragedy, with heartbreak!
We will never know the width and height of pain that is carried by the whole world, or by any one individual other than ourselves.
To all those who ask the question as I do, go to bed tonight knowing that you are cared about more than you know, that you will get through whatever it is that you carry right now, and that to at least one person, you made a difference today!
Blessings!
You know... I think I will like this.
ReplyDeleteI have wondered about how we often feel a need to blame some entity for the hard times... But not blame someone for the good times.
I feel that life has some really hard moments/events/years...and it is no respecter of person. But I feel even more strongly that God is incredibly present to lead us and "grow us" through it all.
Thanks for Nun of This!
Good luck and blessings! Rita