{"id":10617,"date":"2019-02-11T01:02:39","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T07:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/?p=10617"},"modified":"2019-02-13T02:30:52","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T08:30:52","slug":"getting-over-a-painful-experience-is-much-like-crossing-monkey-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/getting-over-a-painful-experience-is-much-like-crossing-monkey-bars\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Over A Painful Experience Is Much Like Crossing Monkey Bars"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing the monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.”<\/span> \u2013 C.S. Lewis<\/p>\n

Last week was a difficult one, but this week my grandson is out of the hospital and he\u2019s back home again with his parents and he appears to be on the path to recovery. \u00a0I am so grateful to everyone who sent good thoughts and prayers our way last week. And I am thankful for everyone\u2019s patience with me having been out of pocket all last week.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll admit the thought of trying to catch up after last weeks events feels overwhelming, but as C.S. Lewis said, we have to let go in order to move forward, and I believe he means letting go not just of the emotions of the past, but we must also let go of the fears of facing the future again. \u00a0I surely love C.S. Lewis\u2019 writings. I can always find something he\u2019s written that is relevant to what I am going through at any time and it never fails to help inspire me, just as this quote below is my inspiration as I head into this week ahead:<\/p>\n

\u201cRemember He is the artist and you are only the picture. You can\u2019t see it. So quietly submit to be painted\u2014i.e., keep fulfilling all the obvious duties of your station (you really know quite well enough what they are!), asking forgiveness for each failure and then leaving it alone. You are in the right way. Walk\u2014don\u2019t keep on looking at it.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 – C.S. Lewis<\/p>\n

And so I’ll move ahead and do my best to get things caught back up again. Here’s wishing all of you a glorious week ahead!<\/p>\n

~Amy Rees Anderson\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(read Amy’s new book “What AWESOME Looks Like: How To Excel In Business & Life<\/a>” )<\/p>\n

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