"It's like Forrest Gump said,
'Life is like a box of chocolates.
You never know what you're going to get.'
But everything you get is going to teach you
something along the way."
- Nick Carter
Some of the things we get are not among our "favorite things," as Julie Andrews sings about in "The Sound of Music."
Some things uplift us; others upset us. And
sometimes what we first perceive as "bad" turns into a blessing of something "good." Can you recall such a time?
As we live this first day of the rest of our lives, let's aim to trust that everything we experience holds potential to help us heal and grow in love, compassion, and wisdom.
With love,
Charlene
THE FIFTH GIFT IS HOPE.
Through each passage and season
may you trust the goodness of life.
from The Twelve Gifts of Birth
