From Despair to Love
I sat there as the sunlight streamed through the window present in body but not in mind. My mind had dug up something from the darkest depths of my past.
Something that I thought had been dealt with. People meandered about the room chatting while I was dealing with myself. This was the real me stripped of the walls that I had built to protect me. The ironic thing is they didn't protect me. The walls held me in bondage, keeping me from seeing the truth.
Images flashed before me like a video screen. Here I was a little girl sitting alone on the playground after a girl I thought was my friend turned on me.
Taunting words from a boy who wanted to waste his breath making fun of me accompanied the image of him walking down the hallway calling me a duck.
But, I realized I'm not that person anymore. I've forgiven these people and know that I've grown.
Immediately, I pictured many yellow glasses in the shape of a daffodil with a large orange base as the stem. One by one old and new friends came to fill up the glasses. One might contribute to my life with their sense of humor, another may give me wise words of wisdom, another may have awesome taste in music. The void that I used to have had been replaced with an abundance of love and laughter. We all need to appreciate the things that each of our friends bring into our lives. Thanks to each of you for filling up my glasses!!!
What are some qualities that you are thankful for in your friends and family?
Something that I thought had been dealt with. People meandered about the room chatting while I was dealing with myself. This was the real me stripped of the walls that I had built to protect me. The ironic thing is they didn't protect me. The walls held me in bondage, keeping me from seeing the truth.
Images flashed before me like a video screen. Here I was a little girl sitting alone on the playground after a girl I thought was my friend turned on me.
Taunting words from a boy who wanted to waste his breath making fun of me accompanied the image of him walking down the hallway calling me a duck.
But, I realized I'm not that person anymore. I've forgiven these people and know that I've grown.
Immediately, I pictured many yellow glasses in the shape of a daffodil with a large orange base as the stem. One by one old and new friends came to fill up the glasses. One might contribute to my life with their sense of humor, another may give me wise words of wisdom, another may have awesome taste in music. The void that I used to have had been replaced with an abundance of love and laughter. We all need to appreciate the things that each of our friends bring into our lives. Thanks to each of you for filling up my glasses!!!
What are some qualities that you are thankful for in your friends and family?
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Christ--What could we do?
shelley :)