Life never goes exactly the way you envision it will. Sure, there are times it goes better than you imagined and other times it goes worse than you feared ... But it rarely goes the way you expect. Frank Sinatra sings a song called, "That's Life!" and some of the lyrics reflect the idea that you can be on top one day and down in the dumps the next. His conclusion - that's life!
Well, that may be true but there is more to life than just the ups and downs, the successes and failures, the expectations and the surprises. Life is what you experience during the process of all these things. Someone has said that life is a journey not a destination. I don't know if that all falls together theologically (maybe it does) but I believe there is great truth in that. Spending time with members of my family this summer made me realize that life doesn't turn out like you expect. My brothers talked about the trials of their lives and how they had planned for their family situations to be different - but that they were making of life what they had been handed. Maria never planned for her heart problems. Susan and Doug looked forward to children. Joel never planned to live in Europe. Joanie and I never wanted to be so far away from our families. But life still goes on. It throws you curveballs. But I remember Jonathan as a high school baseball player always wanting the pitcher to throw him a curveball - he loved to hit them and he hit them well. When life tries to throw you a curveball don't wait until you have a better pitch or situation or partner or time frame - just hit the pitch and go on with your life. Life is lived in the moment not in the past or future. Live it all and live it now.
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