So many things are a matter of perspective. New Orleans wins the Super Bowl and an entire city goes crazy with a celebration and the losing quarterback can't bring himself to shake hands. One group is on "cloud nine" and the other is in despair. Perspective.
A few weeks ago, I picked up a book called "The Worst Hard Time." It was about the Great Depression and its impact on a portion of the area called the "great plains." Simultaneously with the economic downturn, this particular area was hit with a drought that is hard to fathom. It became the "Dust Bowl." People fled the area to find a new start somewhere else. But some stayed. They persevered. They endured unbelievable hardship. They soaked and softened up tumbleweed and ate it! They dug up dandelions and consumed them to survive. Incredible!
I have to admit that my perspective on what is difficult must be very different from someone who endured such astonishing circumstances.
What do you think?
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I think everyone's "hard times" are their own. What may seem unbelievably difficult for one person might be laughable to another, but that doesn't make it any easier for the person having a hard time with it.
ReplyDeleteWe each have our own perspective, yes - but no one's perspective is right or wrong, only their own. We can't judge our experiences by anyone else's but our own - we all walk in a different pair of shoes.
The important thing to keep in mind is that we do indeed all have different perspectives, and everyone around us deserves our empathy.
At least, that's what I think. :o)
I dunno, Pastor.... Ten years ago, I couldn't imagine going thru the hardships that Don & I have had to endure. Our life was going along relatively easy, "blessed".... yet when our hardships arrived, i.e. federal trial & our current situation, these hardships have only caused us to be strengthened, and our relationship with Jesus has grown because of it. Also, our relationship with our family and with each other has become stronger, and more blessed. So, for us, enduring the hardships has been a blessing in disguise. But, I tell ya, I still have a LOT of questions to ask the Lord when I see Him in person! LOL
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