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Darlene's avatar

Great words of hope and encouragement. Thanks Wendi for sharing and caring. Peace and blessings. The challenge is seeing the opportunity in crisis.

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Wendi Gordon's avatar

Peace and blessings to you, too. Yes, it is definitely challenging to see the opportunity in the midst of a crisis ( or one crisis after another, which has been my experience over the last couple of years). Some days my wiser, more philosophical self speaks through articles like this one. Other days I cry and/or yell a lot and think life sucks and will only get worse.

On those days I try to remind myself that I’ve thought situations and life in general were hopeless in the past and been wrong. ❤️😏Winter always becomes spring at some point, just not as soon as I want it to.

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Roshana Ariel's avatar

Love the quote. That is definitely worth considering. :) Thank you!

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Wendi Gordon's avatar

You’re welcome 😃

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Paul Fickes's avatar

This is so important to remember, but so hard to tell people without minimizing their pain. Well said.

I like this quote from Victor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning: “But there was no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer.”

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Wendi Gordon's avatar

That is a great quote, and Man’s Search for Meaning is a powerful story I appreciated and would recommend to anyone.

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