Patterns

You know those crazy things in life that seem to just keeping happening to you? Those frustrating patterns that make it seem as though the only luck you have is bad luck? I mean at some point in life we are all there for a season. Maybe a painfully long season or maybe it’s brief. By now most are familiar with the phrase: “it comes in threes.” That phrase sucks. Have you ever taken the opportunity to dig a little deeper and reflect on why these things keep happening in your life? The frustrating barriers, challenges, and disappointments that seem to plague your existence and you can’t make sense of it. I have challenged two thought processes on this myself.

The most obvious idea is that you are not seeing the lesson in these experiences. You have to repeat them over and over again until you break the pattern because one or two seasons of unfortunate events just wasn’t enough for the lesson to resonate. I think once we get over ourselves and see past the idea that these things are happening to us and not for us; there is progress made. Our creator didn’t bring us here to not grow on the journey. Sit down with any person older than you and let them tell you the wisdom they have gained from decade to decade. That is what we are designed to do.

The second idea is that evil does it’s best to trample good. If you are doing good and on the right path I can assure you evil is chomping at the bits to derail you. In that darkness is where we find the light. We either gravitate towards it, cling to hope or we stay in darkness. Who doesn’t want to keep pushing for light in their life? We can choose to have faith that good will conquer evil. We can choose to stay in the light and approach the challenges with a loving, faithful heart. We can choose good and to be good, kind, and determined. Each time we follow the news and social media its easy to get swept away with the idea that the world is in turmoil. If you look around you and inside yourself the scale tilts towards good every time. Sorry evil, you are fighting a losing battle.

I have stories. Crazy stories and patterns that I knew had a purpose. Crazy experiences that I knew were happening for me but why? I have shared those crazy stories and experiences because they are entertaining. Also, because someone will translate them into a message for their life. We are all connected and no person who you have met was by accident. After so many years of telling myself if it wasn’t for bad luck I’d have none at all, one person believed in me and it’s as though she whispered in God’s ear upon her passing. My entire life shifted in the most beautiful way. I am grateful. I am blessed and damn, I miss her.