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Write to Save Your Life

Painter at Easel (1631), Gerrit Dou

Monday, November 20, 2000

Sometimes I think that if I just close my eyes, I can float through this mess unscathed. Catching up on my school work is proving to be a little more tricky than I anticipated and my personal life is starting to burn small holes all around me. I'm not in the red yet, but if I don't do something soon, things are going to start falling through.

Maybe if I just close my eyes. But then I stop and open them. These hardships are normal and who would want a life without hassle and worry and a little rejection? At first glance, living a carefree, utopian life would seem ideal. We would never get hurt, rejected, or fall down but without tragedy and violence, hardships and stress, the world would be a pretty bland place. There would be no opportunity for humility, grace, bravery or valor.

So. My daily affirmation for today is this: gracefully accept the blows that life deals you. Believe it or not, they enrich our lives and strengthen our character. Besides they make a perfect excuse to go shopping. Not that I need one, I'm just saying.

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