As I rode down the elevator at to end my day I was joined by a lady who seemed to almost be in tears. Not really knowing what to say...but having to say something...I simply asked "long day at work?" she proceeded to tell me how she had a long two weeks of work and how her husband had been waiting for an hour at the airport and she just seemed to have a sad heart. Then like that the elevator opened and off she went. When you read magazines or inspirational articles those conversations don't seem to go like that. There's always this amazing, life-changing, conversation which turns the persons world around. Yet as I sat in my car I wondered what I could've said...life is just the way it is. Words don't change circumstances. Too often we try and give a solution. Yet, our solution comes from a place in our own life...a place that's so different from other people. I realized that all she need today was for someone to listen...someone to not try and fix it...someone to just be there and know that life doesn't go the way we want.
Our hope in life doesn't come from amazing words...it comes from knowledge of something greater. When a friend says encouraging words...its not the words that comfort us...it's the knowledge that they care, and that they are trying their hardest to understand what you're feeling. As in tune with life and as good as life can get we all have those days where nothing fits right. We have a heavy heart but couldn't tell anyone why. There sometimes seems to be this sense that things aren't right here. Sometimes all the pain in this world just spills over, somedays I can't help but simply feel sad. Nothing is wrong with my day...it just feels like life can just never be perfect...somedays there's simply too much hurt in the world to be happy.
Do you ever listen to a song when you're feeling down and it makes you feel a little more down...and it's a good feeling? It's like I was talking about before, if that's feeling when someone doesn't try to fix or make it better. When you hear that song it feels like they're there too. Like they understand. Too often I think we throw around cliche phrases of encouragement to "make it better." So maybe what I said in the elevator was just the right thing to say...yeah, life's hard...just keep on going. This is a broken world, no one ever said we should always feel good about everything. Sometimes the best remedy is to embrace what we're feeling, to understand it, and express. That's when clarity comes. That's when we grow. That's when perspective comes in and life seems to get a little bit better.
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