I'm Trading My Sorrows, I'm Trading My Pain

Every once in a while an event comes along in your life that you just do not know how to deal with. Today was that day for me. Without going into details, security services said I was "the victim of a hate crime", and that is basically true...but its one of many things that I am and one of many things I plan to never let define me. Some awful word was carved into my things and some terrible words were said from behind a hidden phone number. I can't lie and say it wasn't upsetting or even disappointing, because it was, yet that wasn't all it was though; it was enlightening too. This individual wanted something from me, they wanted to see me upset and angry and they wanted to see me hurt...Why? I could give them so much more, I have countless other things to offer. As I munch on that thought it occurred to me sometimes life gives us things in the most mysterious ways. For all I know a calm response from me can be enough to prove to this person that they are in the wrong. What I am saying is that sometimes our eyes can't see what our hearts can feel. 

Whether you believe in God or not, there is a fine print somewhere in the contract of life that says "what goes around comes around" and I personally like to think God is the one making the circles. While this situation may be trying and difficult now, it will give me the strength to encourage others to be courageous in the future. While the person behind the harsh words may be cold and hard now, God may be sending him down this path so he can one day stumble down the right path. 

Recently I have been sharing this story like it was my job, and so one more time can't hurt:

A friend of mine told me that God is like a Sheppard, and when a sheep used to stray from the flock back in the day the sheppard would have to get it back on track. To do this the sheppard would break the sheep's leg and carry it until it had healed so it learned to trust its master and follow the path it set for him. In this same fashion sometimes God "breaks our legs" and takes us down a path we might not have seen coming so that we can one day walk the path he always wanted us to. 

I guess what I am saying in all this is that sometimes life just happens, and you can get knocked down and stay there or you can pick up the pieces and realize that there are a thousand other reasons to be happy. Religious or not, you are loved loving and loveable and the more you come to know this the better off you'll be. No matter who you are and no matter what you've done I hope you one day find a happy and moral life. Be kind to each other everyone, we don't live long enough to do otherwise.