Suffering Hurts. But It Also Creates.
We plot, we plan, we assume things are going to go
A certain way and then they don’t and we find ourselves
In a new place, a place we haven’t been before, a place
We never would have imagined on our own,
And so it was difficult and unexpected and maybe even
Tragic and yet it opened us up and freed us to see
Things in a whole new way
Suffering does that—
It hurts,
But it also creates.
How many of the most significant moments in your
Life came not because it all went right, but because
It all fell apart?
It’s strange how there can be art in the agony…
~Rob Bell
My favorite line is the part about how suffering can also create.
I can relate to it.
I live with a restless desire to make things happen and move things forward every day.
Since my sister's death.
Since my divorce.
Since the failure of a recent startup.
It took the observations of a friend to confirm what I already know about myself.
What I'm doing now.
Where I'm going.
Where I want to be.
Has everything to do with that rear view mirror of where I've been.
...and where I don't want to see anyone else end up if I can help it.
