Life is full of storms and always will be. Some days are a heavy rain, other days a light drizzle, and other days are torrential floods. And the fact is that these stormy days will come and go throughout our entire life because no matter how much we wish it could be all sunshine and rainbows, life simply doesn’t happen that way.<\/p>\n
Recently a very dear friend of mine was diagnosed with cancer. She had surgery to remove her tumors only to find that the cancer has spread to her lymph nodes and now she has to go in for further scans and surgeries to see just how far the cancer has spread. \u00a0She has every reason to fall apart, curl up in a ball, kick and scream, be angry and scared and worried sick, and all the other emotions so many of us have when we are dealing with something devastating and unfair. \u00a0But she doesn’t do anything like that. \u00a0Instead she is handling her situation with grace and elegance. \u00a0Her attitude and her outlook is amazing and she is such a great example to me and everyone who knows her of how to handle hardship with grace and faith.<\/p>\n
You could spend all of your days being anxious about the storms happening today, or worrying about the storms that might hit you tomorrow, but the fact is that being anxious or worrying won\u2019t stop the storm from coming or make it disappear.\u00a0 So it does you no good whatsoever to actually worry about the rain that you are seeing in your life or the storms that are showing in your forecast for tomorrow \u2013 if they are meant to come, they will come, and the likelihood is that you are meant to learn and grow from them.\u00a0 So if you can change your mindset to actually view the storms as a gift from God that will help make you into a better and stronger person, then ultimately you make it possible to do what the quote suggests and learn to dance in the rain.<\/p>\n
How empowered would we be if we could truly look at life that way? \u00a0There is a huge peace that comes with being comfortable and secure with uncertainty.\u00a0 The funny part is that whether you choose to be comfortable with uncertainty or not, the reality of life as that everything is totally uncertain, no matter how many well laid plans you make for your life, no matter how much you try to fight to have control, you can never truly force certainty in life.\u00a0 Life is simply uncertain and always will be.\u00a0 So if you can accept that fact and have confidence that things will evolve as they should so long as you are doing your best, you will have tremendous peace come into your life and feel incredibly empowered as you move forward.\u00a0 Plus, dancing in the rain is so much fun!<\/p>\n
~Amy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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