O H NO! Pain is still stinging my shoulder but I already have to pack my luggage again! Next week I’ll go to Fiji Islands (flying more than 20 hours across two oceans) for a new scuba diving experience with my beloved!
Yay !
My life is becoming more and more mysterious. I feel like I don’t have full control over what will happen to me except what is happening now. A very close friend reminded me, “Have faith! Things (i.e. our plans) will happen — but more often it’s not the way we want it to. But they surely happen!”. Sounds like a cliché but that’s how he lived his life for 58 years, which include surviving a fatal leukemia a few years back. That was the latest wisdom he shared with me during our last meeting last week. He’s retired now. I’m sure I and my hubby are going to miss him: his wit, kindness, compassion and strength.
Here is the key: when I feel out of control, and worry and frustration start to set in, it seems my life is taking care of itself. Life does not stop when I feel like a downer or “the end of the world” is fast approaching. Life does not cheat me, criticize me, stab me on my back nor praise my achievements. Life provides the space for me to bounce back when I fail, to know people and make friends along the way and to savor the taste of victories over and over again. Life, is like that.
Like my friend said, it’s faith that enables me to live life peacefully, to trust that everything is and will be okay and to prepare for a big leap forward. Then you can say that my life is truly beautiful.
