StoneRose Valley

Where does the time go? I feel as though I am always playing catch-up. October is nearly gone; life spirals on, with myself in hot pursuit.
On today’s agenda is…..ready for it? My bathroom. We are talking serious de-junking, reorganizing, and of course, de-scumming. I’ve been putting this chore off for far too long…and now I am going to tackle it head on. I’ll let you know how I fare. Or, if you don’t hear back from me, you’ll know I perished during my endeavor.

The sports practice is not meeting today; instead, we are getting together tomorrow. That means I have the whole afternoon off to tackle stuff that just needs to be done. Hopefully, I’ll use this time well and get loads done.

I used to think that, at some point, life has to get easier. I think now that assumption is wrong. Dead wrong.

Life doesn’t get easier. The older you get, the harder it gets. But maybe that’s as it should be; right? Look at like this; we’re constantly growing older, so we should, theoretically, be also growing wiser. If we’re growing wiser, we should be able to cope with things that previously we couldn’t. Life should constantly grow harder.

I’ve decided I hate cancer. Who doesn’t, really? It’s an evil thing. But I have to remind myself to look for the good in it. Is that like an oxy-moron? The good in an evil thing? Anyway…

“To look at a thing is quite different from seeing it; for one does not see anything, until one sees it’s true beauty.”

So, what’s the beauty to be found in something as ugly as cancer? I think it’s what you let the circumstance make of you. The lessons to be learned through it.
And most importantly; where it brings you in your relationship with Jesus Christ.

My grandmother was just diagnosed with cancer. A friend of mine has it. Another friend died from it last year. Until then, cancer was just some word that didn’t mean much to me. Now, it’s way to real.
But I’m determined I’ll learn something in this. That I will allow it to improve my life; not detract from it.
And I will have a positive attitude through this time. Come what may; Lord be my help, the Rock on which I stand, the Helper of my countenance.