Post by SunnyGirl on Nov 19, 2010 17:25:27 GMT -5
Friday, November 19, 2010
Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills.
—Minna Antrim
It is not by chance but by design that the sorrows we experience
throughout our lives are countered by equal servings of joy. One
offsets the other. And we are strengthened by their combination.
Our longing for only life's joys is human - also folly. Joy would
become insipid if it were our steady diet. Joyful times serve us
well as respites from the trying situations that push our growth
and development as women.
Laughter softens the cutting edges of the lessons we seek or
are cornered by. It offers perspective when the outlook is bleak.
And for those of us who are recovering, wallowing in the bleaker
times used to be acceptable behavior. But no more. The reality is
that each day will present both occasions for anguish and ones
inviting easy laughter. Both are valuable. Neither should dominate.
Joy and sorrow are analogous to the ebb and flow of the ocean
tide. They are natural rhythms. And we are mellowed by their
presence when we accept them as necessary to our very
existence.
Any pain today guarantees an equal amount of pleasure, if I
willingly accept them both.
From: Each Day a New Beginning
by Karen Casey
Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills.
—Minna Antrim
It is not by chance but by design that the sorrows we experience
throughout our lives are countered by equal servings of joy. One
offsets the other. And we are strengthened by their combination.
Our longing for only life's joys is human - also folly. Joy would
become insipid if it were our steady diet. Joyful times serve us
well as respites from the trying situations that push our growth
and development as women.
Laughter softens the cutting edges of the lessons we seek or
are cornered by. It offers perspective when the outlook is bleak.
And for those of us who are recovering, wallowing in the bleaker
times used to be acceptable behavior. But no more. The reality is
that each day will present both occasions for anguish and ones
inviting easy laughter. Both are valuable. Neither should dominate.
Joy and sorrow are analogous to the ebb and flow of the ocean
tide. They are natural rhythms. And we are mellowed by their
presence when we accept them as necessary to our very
existence.
Any pain today guarantees an equal amount of pleasure, if I
willingly accept them both.
From: Each Day a New Beginning
by Karen Casey
. I will be back looking for Lin and others.