The Boiling Water

So, I really don't know how to start this post. I am not really sure how it will all come out when I finish typing but I am going to try to get a thought across. The thought that I have this morning is that we all go through things, we all experience things, we all struggle with things, but some people allow the difficulties to make them bitter, while others use the difficulties to make them better. Have you noticed that?

Two people can go through virtually the same experience but the one will be bitter the rest of his/her life, while the other will use that struggle to be a better person the rest of his/her life. And, trust me, I am not judging either way; one of our laws states, "Every situation is relative to each individual". Everything affects each person differently.

Today's word is something I came across, and it started my thoughts today: "The same boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of, not the circumstances."

I have seen people in my life that have really struggled with things that others do not struggle with, and vice versa. It truly is relative to the individual. What bothers you may not bother me; what bothers me may be a nonissue for you. BUT, the point I am trying to get to, and failing miserably, is that it mostly depends on our perspective and what we are made of, what we allow to soften us.

And, it works both ways. Some sappy movie may not affect some people at all, while it causes others to bawl like a baby. On the other hand, some life changing event may cause one to lay in a fetal position and cry, while someone else thinks, "It really is no big deal." Both reactions stem from prior experience and life challenges.

Here's the point, though, we all face life's challenges, the boiling water, each and every one of us. It is up to us whether we allow those incidences, those challenges, those obstacles, those disappointments, to soften us or to make us more resilient. We each, individually, choose how we come out of the boiling water.

Be Blessed,
Mickey T