Everyone has some wind in their lives. The key is to remember that it is usually just passing through and there are warmer days ahead.
The forecast yesterday was seventy-seven degrees and sunny. Finally, I thought that spring had sprung and I could move comfortably to shorts. We had a cold snap last weekend. It was in the thirties for a couple of nights. My granddaddy always said there would be one last cold snap before Easter and then it would be warm. I have no idea where he got that from, but he was usually right.
So when I saw the forecast today and planned on going to one of my daughter’s last tennis matches of the season, (thank goodness!), I was thinking I would wear shorts and soak up a little warm sun. What I didn’t plan on was a cool, persistent, wind.
Seventy-seven in March and seventy-seven in July are two very different scenarios. That cool wind changed everything. Sure, it was still very nice outside, but not shorts weather, at least not for me. I was kind of disappointed, but at least it wasn’t freezing.
That wind made me think about similar situations in life where things look perfectly sunny, happy and warm, on paper, but the cool wind made them not as rosy as they looked.
You know the situations I’m talking about; that friend or neighbor who seems to have the perfect job or the perfect marriage, that we always wish we could have, or people we know who have the perfect kids with the perfect grades, or even people we know who seem to always have it together, people who never mess up.
We all at some time or another, have looked at other people and wanted what they had because something about their lives seemed perfect or at least better than our own. But, the truth is, every perfectly sunny looking life has some wind that’s invisible to those on the outside. However, those on the inside are perfectly aware of it.
Whether or not, people are brave enough to share the truth about their imperfections with friends doesn’t make them any less imperfect.
We all have our burdens to bear. We all have our own brand of wind. That is a fact for all of humanity, no matter what people say. Perfection does not exist on this side of eternity.
But, beauty does exist as well as sunny days along with the rainy ones and the wind. God rains down blessings on everyone. The trick is to watch for our many blessings and bask in those and be thankful for those and not to focus on what others have. Their burdens and blessings are unique to them, just like ours are unique to us.
And when we are truly honest with ourselves, we usually have to admit that the blessings far outnumber the burdens and the wind is usually just passing through.
Have an awesome day!
Wendy 🙂