We received word yesterday afternoon that the young person who had been hospitalized for a week was going to be discharged and be able to return home…which he did!
Life is still not going to be easy…it never is as easy for any of us as we might wish. And it definitely is never as simple and easy for those we love as we think we might hope. But that’s not all bad.
If life were simple and easy, we would never find the inner resources and strength that are innate in us. Granted, sometimes it can be so difficult that it can destroy individuals, and that is not good. But learning to deal with difficulties in relationships with others, learning to develop resources to deal with the times when life does not go like you hope it would, learning to trust…that is good.
Sometimes that means you have to be willing to dig down below the surface–and that’s what was so difficult for this loved one. It took him several days to be willing to start acknowledging his feelings–his deep-down feelings. But once he did, then he is now at the point where he can be helped on an out-patient basis.
None of us are immune to difficult life situations. They’re going to happen.
But I am so thankful for people who are willing to help us deal with them–to find those strengths within us that allow us…even in the midst of turmoil and difficulty…to find ways of saying “Life is good!”