A New Level

I love it when everything snaps into peaceful clarity in my head. It is a rare occurrence because usually clarity and acceptance take time... okay, ya, it did take a lot of time, but the noticeable snapping part is fun.

So at lunch, I was chatting with a friend and he basically said, "Patience, Iago!" in completely different words because only I would use such an obscure reference from a Disney movie.

I've been completely consumed with a certain feeling for quite a while now... stuck in a mud pit that I couldn't break free from of my own strength. And with some gentle chiding and a lot of encouraging words to wisely refocus my struggles, my friend helped everything in my head snap into clarity, and I feel great.

In no way has the situation changed, but that's not the point. In life, things happen, and often everything seems to go wrong. But here's the trick: anything can look ugly from the wrong angle. But the truth is that there is beauty and good in everything (no matter how covered in mud). And if you focus on that (usually being God's plans for it), then suddenly it is beautiful... and though it has not changed, your demeanor and whole outlook has... and that perspective is what brings joy to life.