dailydatewithgod

Life will metaphorically throw all kinds of things at us to the extent that it sometimes feels like a battle to overcome instead of a life to live. One of the most profound sayings I ever read was, “Be kind for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.” It is debatable who said it but the reality is it is prompted by a distinct understanding that our reality is happening within us. It can be saddening or frustrating but ultimately it is a beautiful demonstration of courage.  We do not know what endurance is until we live it. Our minds will tell us we cannot go on, we don’t have what it takes or it is not worth it.  Our hearts know full well the courage of endurance that is ready to be tapped into.  I choose to believe we live in a friendly universe that wants us to know all of what life has to offer.  We think the gems to be discovered are out there, but when we face challenges, we see the beauty of life through our capacity to endure.  It is precisely when our minds cannot see or conceive the possibility of keeping on and we fear we have no more resources, that our heart’s endurance shows up.  The form of endurance I adopted as a child facing sexual abuse at the hands of an ill father, may have seemed counterproductive from the outside because it involved self-harm.  However, it got me to a place where when it fell apart at the seems I had the agency as an adult to face the reality of what I had been enduring.  Everyone is fighting some kind of battle and it is not our business to understand why it is as large or small for them. It is the very battle that will open up the pathway to reconnect to the truth of who they are at their core. Our battles are our gifts in messy wrapping. Finding the endurance within us to face our battles shows us how connected we already are to what we need to live life fully.  When we take the time to connect to each other through our hearts we can witness with kindness the battles we are each enduring knowing that ultimately we are heading on the same path to the truth of who we are.