Faith in Possibility

I am a positive person I have always looked past the hard times in my life. I spend more time turning things over and trying to make sure I am thinking clearly then what is probably necessary. I am a good friend. God has blessed my life by always placing the right person beside me at the time I need them. Some of the people have been good people and others were great life lessons. I do not look back with regrets. There is always a reason for the place I am standing in my life and I know that if I walk through it and grab the lesson I will get past it. If I linger and lament I will be buried in sadness and frustration.

That being said, I am also a pragmatic person I have always been the type to just say what I need to say. Sometimes that personality trait is a good thing and other times…well, others do not appreciate it. In my younger years I was told I was "a lot like" my Grandmother. This was often said in a way that made me think it was not a positive attribute, but I am still grateful to be the person I am.

When you look back over your life and sift through who you were and who you are now you will always see changes. I like to think that the beauty within shines a little brighter with age and the hard times are a little lighter weight. I also think that in my younger years it was easier to find my optimism. I did not have to look as far to locate the upside of a situation. Perhaps that is from walking life's path and knowing that with every foot fall there is a chance at an obstacle. The other side of this is that as the years have gone by I have learned that whatever path I walk, I am not alone. All I need to do is bow my head and open my heart.

"Everything is possible for the person who has faith." Mark 9:23

Remaining positive and looking ahead, being the friend to others that I would want my friend to be and loving all opportunity good and bad are all part of my faith in possibility. My mistakes are easier to bear when I remember that they are part of the recipe that make-up who I am. This is a lesson I continue to grab but seldom grasp, it is hard to accept that any failing would help but I know I have always learned more from my mistakes than anything else in my life. Perhaps the mistake is actually where possibility and faith collide? Hmmmm, that's something to think about.