Dear Reader:
Don’t you wish that upon birth… we each could arrive… holding a magical ” channel changer” ( clicker, switcher, remote control) in our tiny fists?
Our personal magical ” clicker” could preempt any upcoming troubling life situation – just like we switch television channels today! To preempt means to prevent something from happening by taking action first.
But as we all know… life doesn’t work this way. And even if we could… is the action we select …the right one – is it even going to work or could it make the situation worse?
Most of us probably feel the same way … especially when it comes to sleepless nights when one young woman commented ” How I’d like to do something about it, to be able to make this scary situation disappear before it ” preempts” another night of sleep! ” ” But what?”
Robert Frost was definitely on the right ” channel” when he concluded ( near the end of his life) that ” The Only Out is Through.”
As physically, mentally, or emotionally difficult as so many heartbreaking life crises are …we know that the Divine ” Channel Changer” is in control and that one day we will see how His ending had been programmed specifically for us and/ or our loved ones.
So until tomorrow…the greatest gift we were given is Faith… our magical ” channel changer” that never needs preempting but steadfast forever.
Today is my favorite day-Winnie the Pooh
