Life's Irritations

This week contained more stresses and irritations than usual with pain in the joints, wedding planning (a good stress), an audit by Uncle Sam and one piece of equipment after another falling apart, and it still keeps coming.  It made me stop, pray and think about how easy it is to be brought down by the "things" in life.  It also made me realize how grateful I should be that God has delayed my cancer progression to allow me to still be here today to deal with it all!  With humility I share my thoughts.

Someone I love

was stressed

leaving an imprint on my soul.

It sent me sliding down into

the pit of despondency,

where there was

sadness

aloneness and

fear.

To add to the debris at the bottom

things started falling apart around me;

toppling down one after the other.

As I tried to pull myself out of the abyss

I pondered how often my

tension

depression and

fears

Have left an imprint on another's soul.

I wondered how often my

words,

acts or

expressions

have caused another to sink

into a deep pit.

Then I wondered what would happen

if in the same way my

joy

hope and

contentment

would imprint themselves

upon another

leaving a footprint on their soul.

What if instead of discouragement,

my life reflected the One

Whose eye is on the sparrow,

Who watches over me.